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Personal info

Full name
KEATING, John Francis Jr
Date of birth
20 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33474882
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Gambsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 10 13

Immediate family

Members
John F. Keating (father)
Alice Keating (mother)
Mary Keating (sister)
Dorothy Keating (sister)

More information

Pfc John F. Keating Jr. attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 12 December 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

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