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THOMAS LEE KEIRNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordThomas Lee Keirns, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 30
- CHARLES ROBERT VESTSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID KIESERAirman · July 29, 1967
- LARRY VERGESS KINARDLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY KISCHSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH KOSIK IIIAirman · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARRELL ARNDTCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 14
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 14
- CECIL BENNY BRIDGESCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 16
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 22
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 28
- GEORGE NEW JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 36
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 37
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.