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RUSSELL FORREST KECK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1946 – May 18, 1967
Service recordRussell Forrest Keck, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 30
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma (Okmulgee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 30
- CLIFFORD ALVIN JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- DANNY EUGENE KINGSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- STANLEY STEPHEN KLECZPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- ALBERT KORONA IIISpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
From Okmulgee
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNONLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- RICHARD TARKINGTON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- VENCEN ACKERSONSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
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.