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JOHN DAVID KEEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – January 27, 1969
Service recordJohn David Keel, of Robersonville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Robersonville, North Carolina (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 2
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · January 27, 1969
- MARK NELS JACOBSONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- ELTON LEE JENNINGS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 91
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 34W, Line 91
- AUBREY GUY DAVISCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 92
- JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 3
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · Panel 33W, Line 4
From Robersonville
- ELTON STANTON STALLSSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
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.