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KEITH NOEL ATCHLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1947 – April 11, 1968
Service recordKeith Noel Atchley, of Woodland, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodland, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 19
- GARY WAYNE ARNOLDCaptain · April 11, 1968
- RICHARD ATWOODPrivate · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT WINSLOW BELCHERCorporal · April 11, 1968
- LEONARD GEORGE CHESLEY JRHospitalman · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DAVIS HATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 22
From Woodland
- MELVIN ARNOLD HOLLANDTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
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.