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PETER JOSEPH KELLER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 31, 1945 – January 28, 1967
Service recordPeter Joseph Keller JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 91
- CLARENCE IVORY HENRYStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- TERRY LEE MANZFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 90
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14E, Line 91
- CHARLES M TITUSCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 93
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 93
- DONALD FRANCIS YATESCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 94
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.