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RICHARD ALDEN KELLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1950 – June 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Alden Keller, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 66
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 66
- BRUCE KOLTERSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DANIEL BING LEDINPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM LOEWSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 1968
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.