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KEITH ROYAL WILSON CURRY
Commander · U.S. Navy
September 21, 1930 – January 8, 1971
Service recordKeith Royal Wilson Curry, of Salem, West Virginia, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 8, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 145 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- September 21, 1930
- Home of record
- Salem, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1971
- Age
- 40
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 33
- ROBERT DEGENMajor · January 8, 1971
- ROBERT DARREL DUFFCorporal · January 8, 1971
- BILLY WAYNE HARTWICKPrivate First Class · January 8, 1971
- PATRICK JAMES KIHLStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
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.