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Personal info

Full name
KEICHEL, Victor Charles
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6789594
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Glauchau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 1 23

Immediate family

Members
John A. Keichel (father)
Laura (Haldeman) Keichel (mother)
William T. Keichel (brother)
Floyd A. Keichel (brother)
Sylvester R. Keichel (brother)
Hattie A. Keichel (sister)
Marguerite Keichel (sister)
Elma S. (Smith) Keichel (wife)

More information

1st Sgt Victor C. Keichel joined the Regular Army at Fort McDowell, Angel Island, California on 13 July 1941. He served two times overseas during World War II, the first in Australia and New Zealand. While on duty at the latter place in December 1943, he was severly wounded in action and was returned to the United States for hospitalization.

Having recovered from his wounds he was sent to Europe on 16 February 1945 and immediately went into action on German soil.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Dorothy Keichel, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record / Florida Marriage Index, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call