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Personal info

Full name
KEEGSTRA, James Edward Sr
Date of birth
5 February 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Hometown
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36474702
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Near Heilbronn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 42

Immediate family

Members
Edward Keegstra (father)
Mamie (Bosscher) Keegstra (mother)
Anna Keegstra (sister)
Fredda M. Keegstra (sister)
Donald Keegstra (brother)
Edward Keegstra (brother)
Mary E. (Goldammer) Keegstra (wife)
Mary Keegstra (daughter)
James E. Keegstra Jr. (son)
John W. Keegstra (son)
Donald Keegstra (son)

More information

Pfc James E. Keegstra Sr. attended high school for four years and was employed at the A and P Tea Company before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 24 August 1944.
He died from artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hendrick Family Tree / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
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