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LEROY HENRY KELLER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1948 – May 12, 1967
Service recordLeroy Henry Keller, of Medina, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Medina, New York (Orleans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 97
- GREGORY DALE JENKINSPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN JOHNSONSergeant · May 12, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
From Medina
- ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCKAirman Second Class · January 16, 1966
- ROGER JOHN COOKLance Corporal · January 15, 1967
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · May 23, 1968
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.