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KEO JOE KESHNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1948 – June 8, 1969
Service recordKeo Joe Keshner, of New Florence, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 111
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- New Florence, Missouri (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 111
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- JAY ALLEN KAUFMANPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- CARL JOHN KEAHEY IIISecond Lieutenant · June 8, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS LANDICorporal · June 8, 1969
From New Florence
- NORBERT ALVIN OVERKAMP JRSergeant · August 24, 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.