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KEITH KESKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1948 – April 17, 1969
Service recordKeith Keski, of Michigamme, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Michigamme, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 101
- MICHAEL P RIBICHSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- ALBERT ALLEN LADDSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOHN LAUZONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- ANTHONY LAVITE IIICaptain · April 17, 1969
- TRAVIS BERTRAND LEE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 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.