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ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1941 – October 16, 1966
Service recordRobert Critchley Keller, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 73 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 79
- DANNY CARL WHITEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- ROY BILLY CANADYPrivate First Class · October 16, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 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
- WILLIAM TERRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.