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STAFF SERGEANT FRANK H.
KEELEY was born November 22, 1912. the son of Frank Keeley of Camden NJ.
He lived at 2260 Mickle Street in East Camden. He had been a member of
the 157th Field Artillery Regiment, New Jersey National Guard prior to
July 9, 1940. Activated when the National Guard was mobilized in 1940,
he later qualified for flight duty, and was trained as a flight engineer
and gunner. He went overseas in March of 1944.
Serving with the 452nd
Bomber Squadron 322nd
Bombardment Group, Staff Sergeant Keeley was killed in France on
August 16, 1944. after the war ended, his body was brought home to new
jersey and he was buried at Beverly National Cemetery, in Beverly NJ, on
January 21, 1949. His death was reported in the August 31 edition of the
Camden NJ Courier-Post. |
