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MC KEEN, Dennis Murray - Date of
birth
22 April 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Ashland County, Ohio -
Hometown
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16033710 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 January 1945 - Place of
death
Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Foster N. Mc Keen (father)
Grace R. (Martin) Mc Keen (mother)
Keith Mc Keen (brother)
David Mc Keen (brother)
Clara M. (Senn) Mc Keen (wife)
Mary A. Mc Keen (daughter)
More information
Private Dennis M. Mc Keen graduated from Central High School in 1939 and attended Western Michigan College at Kalamazoo for two and a half years.He enlisted on 20 January 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan.
He was originally assigned to the armored force school at Fort Knox and completed a 14-week radio operation course in the communication department. Later he was transferred to Camp Cook and while there he applied for and received assignment to the paratroopers and was sent to Fort Benning.
Pvt McKeen was first reported as seriously wounded in Belgium 3 January 1945, but later reported as missing in action since that date. He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com, PJ's Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Battle Creek Enquirer
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.newspapers.com - Battle Creek Enquirer, www.ancestry.com - Western State Teachers College Yearbook 1940