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JOSEPH TIMOTHY KEESEE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1947 – May 15, 1967
Service recordJoseph Timothy Keesee, of Vinton, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 128
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Vinton, Virginia (Roanoke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 128
- JAMES EDWARD CHADWICKPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- WOLFGANG ALBRECHT HAEGELEAirman First Class · May 15, 1967
- STEPHEN THEODORE JARRASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JASPER LEWIS JENNINGSLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
From Vinton
- RONALD HENRY CHITTUMSergeant · November 18, 1965
- DANIEL R MEADORSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM F SILVER JRCorporal · May 13, 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.