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WILLIE LEE KEITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 23, 1949 – October 20, 1969
Service recordWillie Lee Keith, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 97
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 97
- BENNY CHARLES JACKSONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- DENNIS WALTER KIPPPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID LEARPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- CRAIG THOMAS MARRINGTONSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD CONKRIGHTSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 94
- MICHAEL RAY SAMPLESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 98
From Myrtle Beach
- NEAL IRA BESTPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- THOMAS LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · February 23, 1970
- LARRY LEON JORDANCorporal · March 24, 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.