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ROBERT CHARLES KERI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1948 – February 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Keri, of Somerset, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 104
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
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Somerset, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 104
- ERVIN LEONARD LAIRDSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK MCGRATHConstructionman · February 1, 1967
- RICHARD P MCSTRAVICK JRCorporal · February 1, 1967
From Somerset
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- VINS RONALD HOOPERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- MICHAEL YAWORSKYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RICKY DEAN GILCHRISTSergeant · June 23, 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.