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RICHARD LEON KELLER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 23, 1948 – April 29, 1969
Service recordRichard Leon Keller, of Lomita, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 29, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 78
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 78
- ERWIN JOHN HARDERCorporal · April 29, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN JENSENFireman · April 29, 1969
- ROY LOLLIS LIPSCOMBSergeant · April 29, 1969
- WALLACE JEROME MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- ELMER LYNN SPIVEYSergeant · April 29, 1969
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 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.