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JIMMIE EUGENE KEITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – August 8, 1969
Service recordJimmie Eugene Keith, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 113
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 113
- DWIGHT DUNARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- HARRY GARRIGUSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH GREENSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- LOUIE ELMER HAWKEYPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.