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Personal info

Full name
KEEN, Joseph Parker
Date of birth
30 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Queens, Queens County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Raritan, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42102534
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kehmen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 46

Immediate family

Members
George T. Keen (father)
Sarah (Ackerman) Keen (mother)
Thomas Keen (brother)
Ethel M. Keen (sister)
June Keen (sister)
Richard C. Keen (brother)
Beatrice F. (Boltas) Keen (wife)
Joseph P. Keen, Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Joseph P. Keen was employed at Mack Manufacturing Company.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey, on 16 December 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / District of Columbia Marriage Records / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / New York Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem