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Personal info

Full name
KEATON, Jack Wickliffe
Date of birth
24 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Oconee County, South Carolina
Hometown
Clemson, Oconee County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34385852
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Frémonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 22 14

Immediate family

Members
Bessie A. Keaton (mother)

More information

Pfc Jack W. Keaton was a kitchen worker before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 11 September 1942. He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
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