Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 20-Dec-1948
Hometown: Michigamme, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 2-Jul-1968
Start of tour: 2-Dec-1968
Incident date: 17-Apr-1969
Date of casualty: 17-Apr-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Keith Keski was killed while driver of a military vehicle on combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Driver of Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 458 580
Place of interment: LakeView Cemetery, Michigamme, Michigan, USA
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