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Personal info

Full name
MC KEOWN, Charles J
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
20343941
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 40

Immediate family

Members
Felix H. Mc Keown (father)
Anna (Yoe) Mc Keown (mother)
Gladys M. Mc Keown (sister)
Mary T. Mc Keown (sister)
Bernard F. Mc Keown (brother)
John Mc Keown (brother)
Anna Mc Keown (sister)
Dorothy M. Mc Keown (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Charles J. Mc Keown joined the National Guard in Baltimore, Maryland on 3 February 1941. He first served with the 29th Infantry Division before he was detached to the Army War Show that toured the country. After the show closed, he was stationed at Fort George G. Meade and was sent overseas on 2 September 1944.

His sister Gladys served with the WAC and his brother John was sent to the Pacific. His brother Bernard also served in WWII.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree