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LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 9, 1937 – December 4, 1967
Service recordLouis Ferdinand Keeven, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 35
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 220 AVN CO 14 AVN BN 16 AVN GRP
- Born
- February 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 35
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
- ADRIAN EALON HOWELLFireman · December 4, 1967
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · December 4, 1967
- DOUGLAS JOHN KELLYCaptain · December 4, 1967
From Florissant
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DONALD JESS GARVEY JRPrivate · September 28, 1969
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.