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JOE HAROLD KEIFER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1946 – January 4, 1967
Service recordJoe Harold Keifer, of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 114
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 114
- CHARLES LINDON VANOVER SRMaster Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY CARL RUHLOFFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN BAGOPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- DONALD GEORGE REICHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
From Walnut Ridge
- GARY MAXWELL CLEMENTSCaptain · August 6, 1969
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.