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STEPHEN JOSEPH KEESLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 8, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordStephen Joseph Keesler, of Hazel Hurst, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Hazel Hurst, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 25
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH HUDDLESTONSergeant · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1970
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DEVON BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 21
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 22
- ARDIE RAY COPASSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 23
- LEOPOLDO AYALA LOPEZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 26
- THOMAS ALLEN STEPHENSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 29
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.