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THOMAS PATRICK KEOGH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – July 7, 1972
Service recordThomas Patrick Keogh, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Airplane Repairer (67G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 53
- HARLAND M DAVIS JRMajor · July 7, 1972
- PHILLIP RANDALL DUFFSergeant · July 7, 1972
- MANUEL ANSELMO FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · July 7, 1972
- FREDERICK M KOSSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1972
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.