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WILLIAM GEORGE KEYES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1947 – April 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam George Keyes, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 46
- LARRY EDWARD ANDERSONLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- DONALD MAURICE GUTRICKCorporal · April 24, 1968
- GEORGE B HERTLEIN IIICaptain · April 24, 1968
- FERNANDO JAMES HUGHESCorporal · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARDEN KEITH RENVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 49
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 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.