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Personal info

Full name
KEGANS, Tim Finnigan Jr
Date of birth
14 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Hutchinson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38342898
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Niederbronn-les-Bains, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 10

Immediate family

Members
Tim F. Kegans Sr. (father)
Opal M. (Reven) Kegans (mother)
Elizabeth Kegans (sister)
Carole J. Kegans (sister)

More information

Pfc Tim F. Kegans Jr. attended Amarillo High School.

He was overseas for only a month when he was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Reven Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Amarillo Daily News Texas 30 January 1945
Photo source: The Amarillo Globe-Times, www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – Amarillo Daily News Texas 30 January 1945