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JOSEPH JOHN KELLER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1947 – September 29, 1967
Service recordJoseph John Keller JR, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 29
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROGER VIRGIL KELLEYLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLERSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.