- SURNAME
Keller
- FORENAME
James Byron
- UNIT
3rd Parachute Battalion (Company L)
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
449136
- DATE OF DEATH
9th December 1943
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho, USA. IOOF, Row 33, Lot 185, Grave 06
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 18.08.1922, Lewiston, Idaho, USA
father James Roy Keller (1895-1974)
mother Gladys Agnes (nee Paul) Keller (1903-1983)
employed by Walter Butler Co.
30.06.1942 draft card Lewiston, Idaho
21.09.1942 entered service
Next of kin - Father, Mr. James R. Keller, 1624 G Street, Lewiston, Idaho
KIA Bougainville, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
09-Dec-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128406902/james-byron-kellerSERVICE HISTORY:
KELLER, James B., PFC, 521/745 SN: 449136
Born: 18 Aug 1922 Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho
Enlisted USMCR: 21 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 1624 G Street, Lewiston, Idaho)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, ID (IOOF, Row 33, Lot 185, Grave 06)
5th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “21Sep42; 23, jdfr WRD”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA
Nov 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “ tr by S/RS fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); to Para Trng Sch, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, Calif.”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co A, ParaTrng School, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA “Para; 2, to ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 PFC, C Co, 3rdParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “21Sep42; Para; 2, jdfr Co A, ParaTrngS, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
L Company, 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Oct 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 13, emb on board LST V-11-E at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
Born: 18 Aug 1922 Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho
Enlisted USMCR: 21 Sep 1942 (Home of Record: 1624 G Street, Lewiston, Idaho)
Died: 09 Dec 1943 (KIA, Bougainville, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, ID (IOOF, Row 33, Lot 185, Grave 06)
5th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Sep 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “21Sep42; 23, jdfr WRD”
Oct 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA
Nov 1942 Pvt, 5thRecBn, RD, MCB, San Diego, CA “ tr by S/RS fr USMCR Cl III(c) to Cl III(b); to Para Trng Sch, Camp Gillespie, San Diego, Calif.”
Company A, Parachute Training School, Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 Pvt, Co A, ParaTrng School, Camp Gillespie, MCB, San Diego, CA “Para; 2, to ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Jan 1943 PFC, C Co, 3rdParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “21Sep42; Para; 2, jdfr Co A, ParaTrngS, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
L Company, 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, 1st MAC, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Jul 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para”
Oct 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 13, emb on board LST V-11-E at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefr; 14, arr & disemb at Vella Lavella, B.S.I.”
Dec 1943 PFC, L Co, 3rdParaBn, 1stMarParReg, 1stMAC, FMF, In the Field “Para; 4, arr & disemb, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, B.S.I.; 9, KIA
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