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NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1944 – June 4, 1968
Service recordNorman Lawrence Keller, of North Tonawanda, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 10
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1944
- Home of record
- North Tonawanda, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 10
- JOHN CHARLES HARRINGTONPrivate · June 4, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON HOLLANDLance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate · June 4, 1968
- EARL ROGER LERCHPetty Officer Third Class · June 4, 1968
From North Tonawanda
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- ARTHUR FISHERSergeant · November 20, 1970
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 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.