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RICHARD HENRY KEITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 21, 1948 – May 21, 1970
Service recordRichard Henry Keith, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 76
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM HOYTLance Corporal · May 21, 1970
- CHRIS ALBERT KEFFALOSSergeant · May 21, 1970
- LARRY JAMES KIRKLANDSergeant · May 21, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN MESICHFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOE DON RAMEYSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 77
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.