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SGT David Matthew McKeever

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SGT David Matthew McKeever

Birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Death
5 Apr 2004 (aged 25)
Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Burial
Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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McKeever, the married father of a 1-year-old boy was scheduled to leave Iraq in a few days. He joined the Army after graduating from South Park High School in 1997 and he was promoted from the rank of specialist about a week before his death. The 25-year-old had a new promotion, had just re-enlisted in the Army and, despite being on the front lines in a war zone, had been in high spirits as he neared a reunion with his wife and 1-year-old son in Nebraska and his parents and the rest of his family in Buffalo. After the service, McKeever's father, David, recalled a conversation with his son as he headed anxiously to war. The father, a Vietnam veteran who had been wounded by shrapnel, knew what his son was feeling. Upon his death, the Army awarded McKeever a Bronze Star for heroic service and a Purple Heart. Burial was with military rites by Fort Riley, Kan., Honors Detail.

Army
1st Brigade,
1st Armored Division
Giessen, Germany
McKeever, the married father of a 1-year-old boy was scheduled to leave Iraq in a few days. He joined the Army after graduating from South Park High School in 1997 and he was promoted from the rank of specialist about a week before his death. The 25-year-old had a new promotion, had just re-enlisted in the Army and, despite being on the front lines in a war zone, had been in high spirits as he neared a reunion with his wife and 1-year-old son in Nebraska and his parents and the rest of his family in Buffalo. After the service, McKeever's father, David, recalled a conversation with his son as he headed anxiously to war. The father, a Vietnam veteran who had been wounded by shrapnel, knew what his son was feeling. Upon his death, the Army awarded McKeever a Bronze Star for heroic service and a Purple Heart. Burial was with military rites by Fort Riley, Kan., Honors Detail.

Army
1st Brigade,
1st Armored Division
Giessen, Germany

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