Rockbridge County: Downey, Keithern

personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead

virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission

part-i-personal-data

first-name: Keithern

middle-name: None

last-name: Downey

suffix:

home-address: Rout 1, Lexington Va.

county: Rockbridge

birthplace: Fayette County, West Va.

date-of-birth: 1922-05-19

race: White

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 7

weight-lbs: 145

marital-status: Single

wife-maiden-name-or-husband

first-name:

middle-name:

last-name:

suffix:

place-of-marriage:

date-of-marriage:

children-1:

date-of-birth-1:

children-2:

date-of-birth-2:

children-3:

date-of-birth-3:

children-4:

date-of-birth-4:

education

elementary-years: 7th grade

high-school-years:

college-years:

other:

degrees:

occupation: Farmer

religious-affiliation: Baptist

citizen-of-what-nation: U. S. A.

father-s-name

first-name: Warren

middle-name: Price

last-name: Downey

suffix:

mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Lucy

middle-name: Archie

last-name: McGary

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Enlisted

date-of-entry: 1940-09-24

place-of-entry: Richmond, Va.

rank-at-entry: Private

first-served: Infantry

branch-of-service: Army

service-number: 13018258

previous-military-education-training-and-service: None

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: None

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: None

information-about-overseas-service: First went to Hawaiian Islands; thence to Australia; next to Dutch New Guiana; next to Hollandia New Guinea, where was killed *.died.

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc:

circumstances-of-death: Died of Sickness

area-of-place-of-death: Hollandia, New Guinea

date-of-death: 1944-09-19

any-other-details-known:

photograph: No

next-of-kin

prefix:

first-name: Waren

middle-name: Price

last-name: Downey

suffix:

address: Route 1, Lexington Va.

relationship: Father

people-supplying-this-information

prefix:

first-name: His Father

middle-name: (as above)

last-name:

suffix:

address:

people-submitting-this-information

prefix:

first-name: E.

middle-name: P.

last-name: Tompkins

suffix: M.D.

address: Lexington Va.