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RICHARD WARD KEITHLINE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – February 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Ward Keithline, of Simsbury, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 94
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Simsbury, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 94
- JAMES JUNA JOHNSONCorporal · February 28, 1969
- EDWIN AUGUSTUS KEEBLE JRFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH KRAJEWSKISpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- VITO VITROPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 88
- EUGENE COUTURIAUX JRSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 90
- CARTER JOHN FREUNDCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 92
- DENNIS ALLEN GROFFPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 92
- WILBUR LEE HICKSCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 93
- PHILLIP ENOS ROSSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 96
- MICHAEL CORNELIUS WHALENSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 98
- JAMES WALTER WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 98
From Simsbury
- WILLIAM ARAM MARKARIANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR ALBERT SMITHSergeant · January 28, 1971
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.