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KENNETH LAVERN KELLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1950 – February 11, 1970
Service recordKenneth Lavern Keller, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 126
- MICHAEL ROBERT GLENNSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- WILLIAM LEWIS KIEFFER JRLieutenant Colonel · February 11, 1970
- PAUL HERBERT KNECHTSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- VINCENT MICHAEL LAROCCASpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JAMES BURNS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 124
- MORGAN LANE CAHOONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 124
- TIMOTHY CHARLES FARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 125
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHULERPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 125
- PAUL HERBERT KNECHTSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 126
- VINCENT MICHAEL LAROCCASpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 126
- CHARLES THOMAS MALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- RAYMOND ROSS MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- ROBERT ROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 128
- MARLIN TRENT PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 128
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 128
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.