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Personal info

Full name
ARLEDGE, Keith Wall
Date of birth
21 March 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Polk County, North Carolina
Hometown
Polk County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34255000
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Battery,
80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 4 14

Immediate family

Members
John A. Arledge (father)
Laura A. Arledge (mother)
Jack T. Arledge (brother)
Curtis J. Arledge (brother)
Joe E. Arledge (brother)
Dean W. Arledge (brother)
Allen L. Arledge (brother)

More information

1st Sgt. Keith W. Arledge enlisted in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 12 March 1942.
Battery D, E, F protected the anti-tank units, and provided plunging fire for the infantry regiment.
First buried at Temporary Cemetery Molenhoek, Netherlands, Block E, Row 2, Grave 32.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Gerrie Franken, Astrid van Erp, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Gerrie Franken - SOHE