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JOHN ARTHUR KEEPNEWS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1945 – June 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Keepnews, of Manhasset, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Manhasset, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 23
- DAYTON JOSEPH HOOKSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BENNY LEO HUSKONSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- CARL MASON MIDDLEBROOKSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
From Manhasset
- SIDNEY COURTNEY M SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS BROWN DOWDSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1967
- BRUCE ELIOT JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ANDREW THOMAS BUKOVINSKYCorporal · September 26, 1968
- WALTER WILLIAM RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS MILESCaptain · April 26, 1969
- HARRY SEEBER MOSSMANLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
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.