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Personal info

Full name
KEHOE, John William
Date of birth
29 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Schenectady, Rotterdam County, New York
Hometown
Rensselaer County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-758184
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
669th Bombardment Squadron,
416th Bombardment Group, Light
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
3,3 Miles southeast of Münstereifel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 2 4

Immediate family

Members
Hugh J. Kehoe (father)
Anna S. Kehoe (mother)
Hugh S. Kehoe (brother)
Thomas F. Kehoe (brother)
Martin G. Kehoe (brother)
Joseph E. Kehoe (brother)
Mary C. Kehoe (sister)
Christine (Baumgartner) Kehoe (wife)
Gary J. Kehoe (son)

Plane data

Serial number
41-39240
Data
Type: A-26B-20
Destination: Münstereifel, Germany
Mission: Hitting buildings and cutting the roads in the center of the town
MACR: 11923

More information

1st Lt John W. Kehoe graduated from Draper High School and was employed by General Electric.

Statement from 2nd Lt Jack A. Willard:
"Right engine on fire, flak hit. Went down in flames, exploded on the way down. No chutes were seen. We followed it all the way down. Hit was just before the bomb run."

1st Lt John W. Kehoe was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands.

His brother, Pfc Joseph E. Kehoe, is buried next to him at Plot D, Row 2, Grave 5.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ferney Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot Class Book 43-J Williams Field Arizona, www.findagrave.com - Hudson Louie, Rick Fullam