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KEITH LINCOLN WARE
Major General · U.S. Army
November 23, 1915 – September 13, 1968
Service recordKeith Lincoln Ware, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Major General in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 52. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 55
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
- Major General (MG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Officer (0002)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC DIV 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1915
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 52
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 55
- RICHARD WILLIAM WELCHPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE WILKSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- DANNY R AYERSSergeant · September 14, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.