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RONALD DALE KELLER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordRonald Dale Keller, of Edwardsville, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Edwardsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 35
- SAMUEL WAYNE BELLStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- BENJAMIN CHARLES BLISSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT EARL BOWMANCorporal · May 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE STEVEN BOYCEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
From Edwardsville
- DONALD WAYNE BORNMANSergeant · January 5, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD ROHRKASTEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMANPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN TESSAROSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- GERALD EDWARD HENRYLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
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.