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Casualty Info
Home Town Richmond, VA
Last Address Richmond, VA
Casualty Date Apr 29, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Binh Duong (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Oakland Cemetery - Hampton, Virginia
I was the RTO for B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment (Wolfhounds). WOLFHOUNDS. Mike was our medic. I was wounded and was attended to by Mike just prior to his being killed. My family and I will be eternally grateful for his sacrifice. I know that god has a special place for him. Thanks for your help Doc!!!!!!
Ron Del Orefice
I served with Mike in the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment (Wolfhounds). He was a great person,
Daniel Rousseau
Comments/Citation:
Class of 1966, Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, VA.
Michael is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Hampton, VA. (BSM, PH)
POSTED ON 9.11.2014
POSTED BY: Helen Gibbs Barnett
Michael was The Best!!!
I was a very young newly married girl when I moved clear across the US from California to Virginia. I was barely 17 and still in high school.. Michael was in my first period art class and he took pity on a poor lost new student and became my friend. How grateful I was for his friendship. He spent time with my and my husband and helped a very homesick girl adjust to life in a new state and as a grown up.. I am forever grateful to him for just the time and care he took. One of the finest people I have ever met and even tho he has been gone all these years.. He still lives in my memory and heart as a very dear and thoughtful friend.. I was blessed to have known him..
MICHAEL JOSEPH O'KEEFE was born on January 9, 1946, and joined the Armed Forces while in RICHMOND, VA. MICHAEL was born in Hampton, Virginia and lived at 49 West Hygeia Avenue until his induction into the United States Army. He served in the Army with 1 year of service and attained the rank of CPL/E3. He began a tour of duty on January 2, 1967.
On April 29, 1967, at the age of 21, MICHAEL JOSEPH O'KEEFE perished in the service of our country in South Vietnam, Binh Duong. You can find MICHAEL JOSEPH O'KEEFE honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Panel 18e, Row 115.
Patrick O'Keefe (his brother)
Mike was from the Phoebus section of Hampton, VA.. He graduated from KecoughtanHigh School class of '66. Son of John & Isabel O'Keefe. He lived most of his life at 49 W. Hygeia Av. He loved rock & roll and football but, most of all his fellow man. He became a medic since he felt that he could not take another's life. I'll always remember him as the best big brother anyone could have
Robert O'Keefe (his brother)
Mike and I attended Kecoughtan High School at the same time. He was Class of 66 and I was Class of 65. To pay honor to him and his service, I adopted his profile at TWS
