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JOHN LOY KEISTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1949 – July 14, 1970
Service recordJohn Loy Keister, of New Lexington, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- New Lexington, Ohio (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 17
- ROBERT BRADSHER JRCorporal · July 14, 1970
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · July 14, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD JONESStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
- HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GERALD GUIMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 16
- JAMES THOMAS HEMBREE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 16
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- WILLIAM EDWARD JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 18
- GARY LEE SCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 18
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 19
From New Lexington
- RONALD MARTIN BOLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- TIMOTHY DAVID SINESSergeant · September 30, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK CURRANSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- HAROLD RAYMOND MCCORD JRCorporal · May 26, 1970
- DONALD CASPER BENNETTCorporal · March 28, 1971
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.