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Billy M. Keen

keen_bm 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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