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ROBERT JAMES KEENAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1943 – April 26, 1966
Service recordRobert James Keenan, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cardiac Specialist (91N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 1
- STANLEY J BENSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1966
- KENNETH DWIGHT MORGANSpecialist Four · April 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 135
- STANLEY J BENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 1
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 1
- KENNETH DWIGHT MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 1
- EDWARD DANIEL REILLY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 2
- KENNETH WAYNE WOLFEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 2
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- EMERY GEORGE MIKULAFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
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.