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WILLIAM GILBERT KEELER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1948 – December 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Gilbert Keeler, of Pennsville, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Pennsville, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 22
- ROBERT KEITH ANDERSONSergeant · December 2, 1968
- WALTER DAVID FREEMANLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- JAMES ROY KNIGHTCorporal · December 2, 1968
- RAYMOND W TYMESON JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
From Pennsville
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 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.