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KEITH COLWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 16, 1949 – November 22, 1969
Service recordKeith Colwell, of Austin, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 108
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Austin, Kentucky (Barren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 108
- ROBERT KENT WORTHENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID YLLANLance Corporal · November 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK COLLINSCommander · November 22, 1969
- JOHN JOE CROCELance Corporal · November 22, 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.