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Personal info

Full name
KEETER, Eugene Artie
Date of birth
6 January 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Bruno, Marion County, Arkansas
Hometown
Jefferson County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38449615
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
509th Fighter Squadron,
405th Fighter Group
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
A-64 Airfield, Saint-Dizier, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 49

Immediate family

Members
John P. Keeter (father)
Huldy E. (Cline) Keeter (mother)
Oscar S. Keeter (brother)
Herbert Keeter (brother)

More information

Sergeant Keeter was a member of the groud crew of aircraft P-47D #44-20236.

Sgt Eugene A. Keeter was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / WWII Draft Card Young Men / Family Trees, http://p-47.database.pagesperso-orange.fr, http://ww2.usaafdata.com, Janice Duffy, Arkansas State Board of Health

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Linda Smith, grand-niece - courtesy of Robert Baumgardner