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Personal info

Full name
KEYS, Orville K
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35458863
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 4 15

Immediate family

Members
George W. Keys (father)
Gladys E. Keys (mother)
Lloyd S. Keys (brother)
Novella G. Keys (sister)
Thelma E. Keys (sister)
Norma V. Keys (sister)
Floyd F. Keys (brother)
Glenn W. Keys (brother)

More information

Pvt Orville K. Keys worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Cincinatti, Ohio on 18 June 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery