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TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – May 9, 1968
Service recordTimothy Wayne Keller, of Wallingford, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Wallingford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 25
- ROBERT NELSON JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- TERRENCE ARTHUR KANDLERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOYCE RAY DICKCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 19
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- EVERETT SORRELL JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- CHARLES ALLISON LOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 30
- WALTER JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Wallingford
- EDWARD ROBERT DORSEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- MARTIN WEIGNER ANDERSENMajor · August 19, 1967
- GENE EDWARD FECTEAUPrivate · July 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOL DEANGELISPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- RENALD LUDGER GAGNEPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENTON JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- RICHARD ARNO JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
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.