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ROY BENJAMIN KEITH
Seaman · U.S. Navy
June 21, 1945 – January 11, 1968
Service recordRoy Benjamin Keith, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 11, 1968, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- June 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 29
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- MARVIN HEAD JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1968
- WALTER MARTIN KEENEPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- LARRY FRANK KUJAWASpecialist Four · January 11, 1968
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 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.