Tec 4 Birchell Keeling


Born: 9 May 1923 - Washington County, Kentucky

Parents: Cecil J. Keeling & Rose L. Fowler

Hometown: Burgin, Kentucky

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 25 November 1940 - Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Training:

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands:

        - Cabanatuan

Died:

    - 1 July 1942 - dysentery

        - Approximate time of death - 3:00 A.M.

Memorial:

    - Tablets of the Missing - American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands


 

 

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