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Personal info

Full name
KEANEY, Paul J
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Lainn, Westmeath County, Ireland
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31370636
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Near Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 23 44

Immediate family

Members
Christopher Keaney (father)
Delia (Connelly) Keaney (mother)
Thomas C. Keaney (brother)
John Keaney (brother)
Francis Keaney (brother)
Martin J. Keaney (brother)
Edward Keaney (brother)
Catherine N. Keaney (sister)
Rita M. (Lovejoy) Keaney (wife)

More information

Pfc Paul J. Keaney enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 9 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Johnson Goudey Family Tree / Massachusetts Passenger and Crew Lists / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Major M