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MCKEE, Howard Dewey - Date of
birth
11 August 1922 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Braeholm, Logan County, West Virginia -
Hometown
St Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35637382 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
10th Armored Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
unknown - Date of
death
8 April 1946 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
More information
Pfc Howard D. McKee attended high school for two years and was a miner and mining-machine operator at the Amherst Coal Company before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 28 October 1942.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.dpaa.mil
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman