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Personal info

Full name
KEITH, George Ernest Jr
Date of birth
10 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31429699
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
Maizières-lès-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 52

Immediate family

Members
George E. Keith (father)
Beatrice M. (Porter) Keith (mother)
Gordon J. Keith (brother)
Barbara (Ferguson) Keith (wife)
Philip D. Keith (son)
Diana B. Keith (daughter)
George L. Keith (son)

More information

Pfc George E. Keith Jr. attended high school for 4 years and was a manager and official before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 6 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / Hurley Keith Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
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