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LAWRENCE LEE KEISTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – January 26, 1969
Service recordLawrence Lee Keister, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 85
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 85
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- IVAN WAYNE JONESLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- ALAN KARL LANGERSergeant · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY AGUIRREPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 81
- LYLE WILLIAM SCHROEDERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 88
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.