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ROBERT STEVEN KEENER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – January 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Steven Keener, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 23
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14E, Line 23
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KEHOELance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- NORMAN LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 20
- FRANCISCO DELA C DACANAYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 20
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 21
- BOBBY GENE GOLDHAGENCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 22
- WILLIAM LEWIS RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 24
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · Panel 14E, Line 24
- RICHARD ALBERT ROBBCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 24
- GERALD STEVENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 24
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 1968
- KENNETH GLENN SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 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.