Billy M. Keen

	NAME Billy Mack Keen	NICKNAME —	SERVICE NUMBER 311774
	UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona	HOME OF RECORD Newark, TX	NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Mattie Keen
	DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1922 at Royse City, TX	ENTERED SERVICE June 17, 1941 at Dallas, TX	DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941
	REGION Hawaiian Islands	CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor	CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Private Billy M. Keen was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when his ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at the battle of Pearl Harbor. Keen’s remains were never identified, and are believed to rest aboard the Arizona to this day.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart	LAST KNOWN RANK Private	STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered.	MEMORIALS USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial

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