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KEITH ALLEN DEVRIES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1949 – August 29, 1969
Service recordKeith Allen Devries, of Middleville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Middleville, Michigan (Barry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 6
- JACKIE CLYDE DEHARTSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- RALPH DONALD GODFROYSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- ALBERT STEPHEN GRAFFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS MOSESSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 8
- EDWIN JOSEPH OLMEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 8
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 9
From Middleville
- ROGERS STUART GORDONCorporal · June 24, 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.