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Personal info

Full name
KEIRNS, William Junior
Date of birth
12 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Allen County, Ohio
Hometown
Sugar Creek, Allen County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35541977
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Pont-Saint-Vincent, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 33

Immediate family

Members
William R. Keirns (father)
Hattie A. (McClure) Keirns (mother)
Roy E. Keirns (brother)
Margaret M. Keirns (sister)
Verna B. Keirns (sister)
Mary M. Keirns (sister)

More information

Pfc William J. Keirns attended high school for four years and owned a farm before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 14 January 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.com - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Miller Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Corgilover, www.newspapers.com - Delphos Daily Herald 26 September 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M