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MARTIN JEROME KEOGH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1946 – March 2, 1970
Service recordMartin Jerome Keogh, of Mamaroneck, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 74
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Mamaroneck, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 74
- VICTOR DELGRECO JRSergeant · March 2, 1970
- MILTON GOLDSMITHCorporal · March 2, 1970
- RICHARD AUGUST HOSTIKKACaptain · March 2, 1970
- JOSEPH CHARLES LAZICKISpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP GENE CREECHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 73
- JOSEPH WILLIAM WIRTHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 76
From Mamaroneck
- HAROLD HENRY SCHOCKLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- EDGAR BROWER BURCHELL IIICorporal · June 4, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD PORTERFIELDHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- ROBERT DIROBERTOCorporal · December 15, 1966
- VITO VITROPrivate First Class · February 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.