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KELLER, Robert Funk - Date of
birth
28 June 1911 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana -
Hometown
Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-306803 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
Company Commander -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Barbas, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 24 | 58 |
Immediate family
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Members
Edward G. Keller (father)
Leona (Funk) Keller (mother)
Ruth E. Keller (sister)
Eloise (Dreisbach) Keller (wife)
More information
Capt Robert F. Keller attended the University of Michigan and was a purchasing agent en treasurer of the Keller Manufacturing Company.He was first stationed at Fort Benning for eleven months and was sent to the South Pacific in April 1942. After serving in that area for seventeen months, he returned to the U.S. for hospitalization for dengue fever and malaria. After recovering he was sent to Infantry School at Fort Benning. After serving at several locations in the U.S., he arrived in France on 2 November 1944.
He was killed while leading a charge against a German machine gun placement.
He is remembered at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Frank Jordan (nephew), www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Applegate Patten from Indiana, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Doc Wilson / Family Historian, University of Michigan
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Garry Buchanan, www.ancestry.com - Nancy Keller