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ROBERT MICHAEL KEENE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 1, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Michael Keene, of Steger, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Steger, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 16
- EDWARD JAMES GRAYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- RAY LEE JACKSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN JORDANCorporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERARD JOSEPH DUNNESergeant · Panel 46W, Line 14
- JERRY LLOYD DAVISSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 18
- STEVE OWEN NUSSBAUMERSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 19
- JOSE MANUEL PENAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 19
- EDWARD JOHN WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Steger
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · February 24, 1967
- LOUIS LLOYD GOERSPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- MEDFORD S HENSLEY JRSergeant First Class · August 27, 1967
- CLARENCE ALVIE MILLER JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · May 12, 1968
- CLARK RUSSELL PEDERSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1970
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.