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Personal info

Full name
KELLER, John Anton
Date of birth
23 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brillion, Calumet County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Rantoul, Calumet County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36992409
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Niederzerf-Wadern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 85

Immediate family

Members
N. Edward Keller (father)
Catherine A. (Wimmer) Keller (mother)
Marcella M. Keller (sister)
Joseph P. Keller (brother)
Lyn D. Keller (sister)
Georgina K. Keller (sister)
Edward F. Keller (brother)
Donald Keller (brother)
Elmer Keller (brother)
Charles R. Keller (brother)
Wilfred W. Keller (brother)

More information

Pfc John A. Keller graduated from St. Mary’s School and was employed by the U.S. Chicago and Nort Western Railroad Co. before he enlisted on 28 June 1944. He trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina and went overseas just before Christmas 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Fernand Weis / Rose Mohnsam