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Personal info

Full name
MOUNCE, Keith Leslie
Date of birth
19 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Donnellson, Lee County, Iowa
Hometown
Jefferson, Webster County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37675416
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
East of Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 42 12

Immediate family

Members
James R. Mounce (father)
Mabel E. (Pittman) Mounce (mother)
Hollis E. Mounce (brother)
Kenneth Mounce (brother)
Ida M. (Richards) Mounce (wife)
Constance L. Mounce (daughter)

More information

Pfc Keith L. Mounce graduated from Jefferson High School in 1941. He attended the University of California for one year.
He enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 19 July 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was wounded in December 1944 but returned to the his unit.
One of the platoons of the company was sent on a mission into enemy territory. Because the platoon runner was not feeling well Pfc Mounce volunteered to serve as a runner for the platoon. The platoon was ambushed and he was killed by enemy machinegun fire.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Census, www.newspapers.com - The Jefferson Bee / Jefferson Herald

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.myheritage.nl - The Jefferson Bee