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JOHN CHARLES KEIPER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1945 – November 15, 1966
Service recordJohn Charles Keiper, of Renovo, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on November 15, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 74
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician (6637)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H & MS 16 1 MAW
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Renovo, Pennsylvania (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 15, 1966
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 74
- BILLY RAY HUSSEYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- THOMAS CLAYTON JACKSONGunnery Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- THOMAS C MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
From Renovo
- MARK EDWARD POLICASTROPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- EARL THOMAS MOORE JRPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 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.