Nelson Pedicard Keefer

Military
media-50511.jpeg UPL 50511 T/SGT. Nelson P. Keefer, radio operator, 458th BG, is pictured after returning from mission.

Object Number - UPL 50511 - T/SGT. Nelson P. Keefer, radio operator, 458th BG, is pictured after returning from mission.

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wheeling, WV 5 March 1923 Son of James William and Hattie Moore [Green] Keefer.

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 8 August 1942 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Other

Discharged USAAF

18 August 1945 Honourable discharge

Died

23 April 1982

Buried

27 April 1982 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Columbarium Section 1-O
Wheeling, WV

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

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