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THOMAS WILLIAM KEENE
Private · U.S. Army
December 10, 1952 – December 2, 1971
Service recordThomas William Keene, of Oakland, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 82
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 10, 1952
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 82
- JOE STUART BURCHFIELDCaptain · December 2, 1971
- THOMAS HAROLD FOLEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1971
- JOHN MICHAEL HIEBERTWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1971
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.