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PAUL PATRICK KEEFE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1949 – September 26, 1970
Service recordPaul Patrick Keefe, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- West Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 93
- MARK RICHARD HOLTOMWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1970
- THOMAS SIMON MALMAYSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
From West Roxbury
- JOSEPH AUGUSTUS FRIELPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS REIDLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH HARTLEYSergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOEL MICHAEL MAGRASSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
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.