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MICHAEL HENRY KEYS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1949 – February 24, 1971
Service recordMichael Henry Keys, of Manson, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Manson, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 3
- CRAIG JAMES JAKELSpecialist Five · February 24, 1971
- ARTHUR KAORU KAWACHIKASpecialist Five · February 24, 1971
- DENNIS ARTHUR SMITHCaptain · February 24, 1971
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WILSHERCaptain · February 24, 1971
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.