Timeline
Birth- Jan 12, 1922
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 22 years
Conflict Period
World War II
Service Number
0-157777
Awards
Air Medal
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Served For
United States of America
Gold Star
Aircraft assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger pilot
Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Casualty- Jun 15, 1944-Age: 22 years
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA
Ditching just south of Chichi Jima
Death- Jan 19, 1946-Age: 24 years
Death
19-Jan-46
Unknown
MIA near Chichi Jima 15 June 1944 (1946 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Honolulu, Hawaii
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Other Facts
Full Name
John H Keeler
Father
Charles Andrew Keeler
Sibling
Charles Bradley, Pauline
Full Name
John Haworth Keeler
Mother
Bessie Jeanette Keeler (Haworth)
State Of Residence
Kansas
