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JOHN ARTHUR KEESLING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1944 – May 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Arthur Keesling, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1944
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 17
- CLYDE THOMAS MARTINCorporal · May 7, 1969
- PAUL DINNES MARTINEZ JRCorporal · May 7, 1969
- JOHN F MATTAROCCHIA JRSergeant · May 7, 1969
- HENRY EUGENE RUSSELLSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE ALLEN FAHRNIPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 16
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 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.