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WILLIAM CHARLES KEELER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – December 1, 1969
Service recordWilliam Charles Keeler, of Hamburg, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Hamburg, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 13
- DOLROY FRANCIESPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- PATRICK JOHN HAYESCaptain · December 1, 1969
- FREDDIE LERON LONGSpecialist Four · December 1, 1969
- DANNY GALE MARTINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1969
From Hamburg
- JOEL ANDREW BROWNPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- ALLEN KENNETH DEARDENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCKSergeant · December 30, 1968
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 1970
- RICHARD D MASSARICaptain · June 12, 1970
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.