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THOMAS ROBERT KEAVENEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1945 – January 18, 1967
Service recordThomas Robert Keaveney, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 49
- JERRY JOSEPH KOLAR JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- MARLOW ERLING MADSENLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS MCCARTYSpecialist Four · January 18, 1967
- RONALD JAMES MCCULLOUGHSergeant · January 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICKEY LEAROY GILLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 48
- CARROLL WAYNE PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 50
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.