Killed in Germany in 1944, Army Tech Sgt. Matthew McKeon was unaccounted for until recent DNA tests led to a San Diego homecoming, just in time for Memorial Day
Killed 78 years ago in Germany during World War II, his body left behind in the fury of combat, U.S. Army soldier Matthew Louis McKeon never had a grave that his family could visit.The recovery and identification of his remains are part of an ongoing project to repatriate American service members from one of the war’s bloodiest and least-remembered battles, Huertgen Forest. U.S.
The baby girl cried when the first rifle shots went off during the service’s traditional three-volley salute. But there were far more smiles than tears on the faces of those who were there. He carried with him in a jacket pocket a photo of his uncle wearing an Army uniform. He pulled it out and showed it to people he met.Born Dec. 22, 1918, on his family’s farm near Frankfort, Kan., McKeon was a football star in high school. He enlisted in the Army 18 months to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor that ushered the U.S. into World War II. He was 24 and married with a young daughter.
McKeon’s Company K was ordered to the front lines near the town of Germeter. They were on the right flank of an attack that was supposed to clear the woods of German forces who had been shooting at vehicles on a nearby road. They received conflicting reports about the whereabouts of his remains. A chaplain wrote to his mother and said there was a grave in a cemetery in Belgium. But when his wife, Jean, asked the Army’s Grave Registration Service for a location and a photo, she was told no information was available.
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