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MARLOWE EUGENE KEELS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1947 – October 26, 1968
Service recordMarlowe Eugene Keels, of Cambria Heights, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 38
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Cambria Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 38
- ANTHONY JAMES LASKOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- ABEL LUNAAirman First Class · October 26, 1968
- STEVEN ALLEN MATHERSSergeant · October 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 36
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 37
- WAYNE BIZZLE HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 37
- SAMUEL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 37
- ANTHONY JAMES LASKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 38
- STEVEN ALLEN MATHERSSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 38
- CHARLES LEO POOLPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- STEPHEN HENRY SAMPLESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- THOMAS ALFRED SENNEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 40
From Cambria Heights
- DOMINIC A DEANGELISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- WAYNE WILLIAM BERNHARDTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- MARTINIANO VALENTIN JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS PAULSENSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARMENIOFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGOVERN JRSpecialist Four · September 10, 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.