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KEITH ALLAN BRANDT
Captain · U.S. Army
December 27, 1940 – March 18, 1971
Service recordKeith Allan Brandt, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1971, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 57
- THOMAS EDWARD TESTORFFSpecialist Four · March 17, 1971
- RUSSELL GEORGE AHRENSSpecialist Five · March 18, 1971
- ALAN BRENT BOFFMANFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT CHAMPLINStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALAN BRENT BOFFMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 57
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 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.