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Personal info

Full name
KEAST, Earle Willard
Date of birth
20 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa
Hometown
Hamilton County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37444113
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 49

Immediate family

Members
Fred E. Keast (father)
Myrtle J. (Linahon) Keast (mother)
Robert L. Keast (brother)
William M. Keast (brother)
Everett E. Keast (brother)
Clyde L. Keast (brother)
Marian E. Keast (sister)
Estella M. Keast (sister)
Donna M. Keast (sister)
Robert L. Keast (brother)
Beverly A. Keast (sister)
Constance J. Keast (sister)
Kenneth J. Keast (brother)
Ardys M. (Nelson) Keast (wife)

More information

Pfc Earle W. Keast entered the service on 10 February 1941.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1925/1930/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935 / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, http://iagenweb.org/ - Daily Freeman Journal - 14 September 1945, www.9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet