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ROBERT L KECKLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1942 – December 10, 1965
Service recordRobert L Keckler, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 9
- CLAUDE L JOHNSONSergeant · December 10, 1965
- JAMES HAROLD LEWISSergeant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD MCFARLINPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- TINSLEY BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 6
- OMER GENE DARTYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 7
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 8
- CLAUDE L JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 9
- L C PITCHFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 10
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.