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WARREN EDWARD KECK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – March 10, 1967
Service recordWarren Edward Keck, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 53
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 53
- JAMES J L JOHNSONCaptain · March 10, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE KERRLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS LYTALSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTINPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY FLYNNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 52
- CALVIN PERRY WHITESergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 55
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.