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PVT Richard Terry Keefe

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PVT Richard Terry Keefe Veteran

Birth
Brighton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
13 Jul 1944 (aged 23)
Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 49.360719, Longitude: -0.856106
Plot
Plot D Row 24 Grave 36
Memorial ID
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Awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.

8th Medical Battalion, 8th Infantry Division

CITATION:
(UNCONFIRMED - Citation Needed): Richard T. Keefe, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 8th Infantry Division during World War II.

Headquarters, 8th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 27 (1944)
Awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.

8th Medical Battalion, 8th Infantry Division

CITATION:
(UNCONFIRMED - Citation Needed): Richard T. Keefe, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 8th Infantry Division during World War II.

Headquarters, 8th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 27 (1944)

Inscription

RICHARD T. KEEFE
PVT 8 MED BN 8 DIV
CONNECTICUT JULY 13 1944
36
31189616

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Connecticut.


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  • Maintained by: Frogman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56646263/richard_terry-keefe: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Richard Terry Keefe (15 May 1921–13 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56646263, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Frogman (contributor 47380828).