Jack Elmer Keller

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 85
RankCaptain U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromChicago Illinois
Date of DeathApril 21 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Captain Keller was a member of Attack Squadron 85, Carrier Air Wing 11 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63). On April 21, 1966, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) on a mission to strike a coastal target near the mouth of the inland waterway of North Vietnam. As he was approaching the target contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.