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RALPH LEROY KEELER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1945 – September 4, 1966
Service recordRalph Leroy Keeler, of Taft, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Taft, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 68
- DENNIS RAY HEIHNPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- FLOYD D KING SRSergeant First Class · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
From Taft
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- LARRY STANLEY PIERCEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1965
- CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- DENNIS PAUL WRIGHTAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DONALD WARREN MORRISCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · October 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · June 3, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE RASEYSpecialist Four · July 26, 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.