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Claude B KEYES
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 34188494 | ||||||
| AGE | 29 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1915 Rose Hill, Lee County, VIRGINIA | ||||||
| STATE | -- | ||||||
| FAMILY | Parents: Dailey Shackelford & Daniel Sheffey KEYES Siblings: Otis Ray, Curtis Hayward, Veda Delora, Lester, Patty Margorine Half Brother & Half Sister: Evelyn, Virginia Lee & Charles E | ||||||
| RANK | Pfc | ||||||
| FONCTION | Infantry | ||||||
| JOB before ENLISTEMENT | - |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 13 february 1942 Fort Oglethorpe GEORGIA | ||||||
| REGIMENT | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | ||||||
| DIVISION | 82nd Airborne Division | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 6 june 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
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| DATA PLAN | Douglas C-47 - type A-5-DK - s/n 42-92415 J7*P Chalk #18 Macr: 8879 Mission: Largage de paras du 507e PIR - Mission Boston #26 - DZ T (Amfreville) Take off: Station 488 Fulbeck, LINCOLNSHIRE UK avec 16 paras de 507e PIR Shots by flak at 02h42 | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of C47 Douglas
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| 2nd Lieutenant | John Jacob PRINCE | Pilot | Escape | O-696801 - born the 27/05/1921 - Cherokee, IOWA | |
| Flight/Officer | Joseph Kahn LOEB | CoPilot | Escape - Return unit 21/06/1944 | T-001349 (O-1996133) - AM - born the 14/10/1920 | |
| T/Sergeant | Francis Hugo SCHULTZ | Mecanicien | Prisoner | 32093342 - NEW YORK - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow | |
| Sergeant | Ralph Earnest CHARLTON | Radio | Escape - Return unit 21/06/1944 | 35216327 - AM - born the 04/10/1917 - Dayton, OHIO | |
Passager of C47 - 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment - 82nd Airborne Division | |||||
| S/Sergeant | Carl H YARRINGTON | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | UTAH |
| Cpl | Joseph J VAVRO | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Prisoner - Passager 7/6 - Stalag 3C Alt Drewitz Brandenburg, Prussia 52-14 | PENNSYLVANIA |
| Pvt | William J WILBERT | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Prisoner - Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13 | NEW YORK |
| Pvt | George POPIVCHAK | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment |
Dead - St-Peter & Paul Ukrainian Cem Heidelberg, PENNSYLVANIA |
24 ans (22/2/1920) |
| Pvt | Clarence Mc GLOTHREN | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Escape | |
| Pvt | Lewis E STROUD | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Escape | |
| Pvt | Nathan D CORLEY | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | PH - TEXAS |
| Pvt | Hobert CONGER | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Prisoner - Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13 | ILLINOIS |
| Cpl | Grady C BRAGG | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Escape | |
| Pfc | Jesse A ATKINSON | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Prisoner - Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13 | NORTH CAROLINA |
| Pfc | Claude B KEYES | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | PH - TENNESSEE |
| Pfc | John PETRULLO | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Prisoner - Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13 | PENNSYLVANIA |
| Pfc | Ted R WILLIAMS | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Prisoner - Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13 | NORTH CAROLINA |
| Pvt | Willard R TRIVETT | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Prisoner - Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13 | NORTH CAROLINA |
| Pvt | Anthony S LEPTUCK | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Prisoner - Stalag 4F + Work Camps Hartmannsdorf-Chemnitz Saxony 51-12 | PENNSYLVANIA |
| Sergeant | Stanley J MELNICK | Passager | 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment | Escape | |
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442nd Troop Carried Group /303rd TCS /9th TCC 
| INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | 6juin1944.com - Findagrave.com |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |