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Personal info

Full name
KELLER, John R
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
13045843
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 45

Immediate family

Members
Alma K. (Williams) Keller (mother)

More information

Pvt John R. Keller volunteered for the US Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 January 1942.

He attended high school for 2 years.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block C, Row 4, Grave 99.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Pottsville Republican 26 January 1945