Keith J. Allred
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Sandy, Utah
United StatesKeith Johns Allred | |
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| Born | January 4, 1955 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | September 11, 2018 (aged 63) Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| 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 11, 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.
Allred was born on January 4, 1955, in El Paso, Texas. Allred entered the navy in 1979 after completing a Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors at Brigham Young University. Initially assigned as a surface warfare officer, he served three years at sea aboard the destroyers USS Oldendorf (DD-972) and USS Towers (DDG-9), qualifying as a command duty officer, officer of the deck at sea, and navigator, with much of his initial assignment forward deployed to the US Seventh Fleet, operating from the United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Japan, westward to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf.[2]
In 1982 he was selected for the highly competitive Law Education Program and accepted an offer to attend the University of Washington School of Law. He received his Juris Doctor in 1985 from the University of Washington. He served in the U.S. Navy in various capacities: in 1995 as general counsel, Naval Medical Center San Diego; in 1999 as circuit trial judge, Western Pacific Judicial Circuit in Yokosuka, Japan; and in 2005 as senior trial judge, Western Judicial Circuit.
Allred died on September 11, 2018, in Tacoma, Washington, aged 63.
Military career
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