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KEITH NOLAND CANTRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1948 – January 23, 1969
Service recordKeith Noland Cantrell, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 64
- GERALD JACOB BUDBILLSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- BENNY EARL DAVISSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- SYLVESTER DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1969
- HARLON JOE GILMORESergeant · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER LEONARD ALAGNAPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 63
- DENNIS HAROLD GUTHRIESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 65
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 66
- EDWARD PAUL OGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 66
- JERRY ALLEN PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 67
- BENEDICT JOHN TRIPODOCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 68
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 69
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.