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Personal info

Full name
KEASER, Paul Edwin
Date of birth
31 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Knox County, Ohio
Hometown
Newark, Licking County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35225211
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
746th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schevenhütte-Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 12 42

Immediate family

Members
Carl M. Keaser (father)
Florence Keaser (mother)
Charles Keaser (brother)
Mildred Keaser (sister)
Betty J. Keaser (sister)

More information

Pvt Paul E. Keaser attended Newark High School and was employed by the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Company in the shipping department.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 28 July 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / Keaser Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Licking County Library "In the Company of Heroes", The Newark Advocate 25 January 1944