Keith Johns Allred | |
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Born | El Paso, Texas, U.S. | January 4, 1955
Died | September 11, 2018 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. | (aged 63)
Buried | Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery Sandy, Utah |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch | United States Navy |
Service | 1979-2009 |
Rank | Captain |
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Known for | Presided over Guantanamo military commissions |
Campaigns | War on Terror |
Alma mater | University of Washington School of Law |
Other work | Judge, Social Security Administration |
Keith Johns Allred (January 4, 1955 – September 18, 2018) was an American Naval officer and Naval trial lawyer,[1] beginning his career with the US Seventh Fleet aboard several Naval destroyers, from 1979 to 1982. From 1985, until his retirement in 2009, he oversaw the Western Pacific Judicial Circuit as a Circuit Trial Judge. He was also the presiding judge at the Guantanamo military commission where he notably oversaw the trial of Salim Hamdan.