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WILHELM LUDWIG KEGLEWITSCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1943 – June 15, 1967
Service recordWilhelm Ludwig Keglewitsch, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 106
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE ADAMS HURDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.