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KEITH ALAN LOCHNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1949 – April 22, 1970
Service recordKeith Alan Lochner, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 37
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 37
- DONALD CAROL LAMB JRCorporal · April 22, 1970
- DONALD MICHAEL LINTSenior Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- RAY THOMAS MARTINSergeant First Class · April 22, 1970
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.