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KEITH DAN VINCENT
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordKeith Dan Vincent, of Bokoshe, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Bokoshe, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 27
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · May 11, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 1968
- THOMAS LEE WADESpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- EDWARD WALKERSergeant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- MICHAEL DAVID MUELLERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 25
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Bokoshe
- ALLAN GUINNPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
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.