During WWII, he commanded the 2nd Battalion, 311th Infantry, 78th Division in the European Theater. His obituary:
Washington Post, The (DC)
August 5, 1979
Edition: Final Edition
Section: Metro
Page: C8
Col. R. W. Keyes, Lauded for Valor
Article Text:
Retired Army Col. Richard W. Keyes, 67, an infantry officer who received numerous decorations for his service in World War II and the Korean conflict, died July 28 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston. He had pneumonia.
Col. Keyes was born in Washington and grew up in Herndon. He attended Herndon High School and then moved to Florida. He entered the Army in 1939 after graduating from the Uniersity of Florida.
During World War II, Col. Keyes took part in the Battle of the Bulge and other major engagements in Europe. He served in Korea during the first two years of the conflict there.
His military decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
In the 1960s, Col Keyes was stationed at the Pentagon and attended graduate school at George Washington University.
He retired from the Army in 1967 and moved to the Houston area, where he was a defense and disaster and relief official with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Survivors include his wife, Alice B., of the home in Bellaire, a suburb of Houston.
Washington Post, The (DC)
August 5, 1979
Edition: Final Edition
Section: Metro
Page: C8
Col. R. W. Keyes, Lauded for Valor
Article Text:
Retired Army Col. Richard W. Keyes, 67, an infantry officer who received numerous decorations for his service in World War II and the Korean conflict, died July 28 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston. He had pneumonia.
Col. Keyes was born in Washington and grew up in Herndon. He attended Herndon High School and then moved to Florida. He entered the Army in 1939 after graduating from the Uniersity of Florida.
During World War II, Col. Keyes took part in the Battle of the Bulge and other major engagements in Europe. He served in Korea during the first two years of the conflict there.
His military decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
In the 1960s, Col Keyes was stationed at the Pentagon and attended graduate school at George Washington University.
He retired from the Army in 1967 and moved to the Houston area, where he was a defense and disaster and relief official with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Survivors include his wife, Alice B., of the home in Bellaire, a suburb of Houston.
During WWII, he commanded the 2nd Battalion, 311th Infantry, 78th Division in the European Theater. His obituary:
Washington Post, The (DC)
August 5, 1979
Edition: Final Edition
Section: Metro
Page: C8
Col. R. W. Keyes, Lauded for Valor
Article Text:
Retired Army Col. Richard W. Keyes, 67, an infantry officer who received numerous decorations for his service in World War II and the Korean conflict, died July 28 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston. He had pneumonia.
Col. Keyes was born in Washington and grew up in Herndon. He attended Herndon High School and then moved to Florida. He entered the Army in 1939 after graduating from the Uniersity of Florida.
During World War II, Col. Keyes took part in the Battle of the Bulge and other major engagements in Europe. He served in Korea during the first two years of the conflict there.
His military decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
In the 1960s, Col Keyes was stationed at the Pentagon and attended graduate school at George Washington University.
He retired from the Army in 1967 and moved to the Houston area, where he was a defense and disaster and relief official with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Survivors include his wife, Alice B., of the home in Bellaire, a suburb of Houston.
Washington Post, The (DC)
August 5, 1979
Edition: Final Edition
Section: Metro
Page: C8
Col. R. W. Keyes, Lauded for Valor
Article Text:
Retired Army Col. Richard W. Keyes, 67, an infantry officer who received numerous decorations for his service in World War II and the Korean conflict, died July 28 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston. He had pneumonia.
Col. Keyes was born in Washington and grew up in Herndon. He attended Herndon High School and then moved to Florida. He entered the Army in 1939 after graduating from the Uniersity of Florida.
During World War II, Col. Keyes took part in the Battle of the Bulge and other major engagements in Europe. He served in Korea during the first two years of the conflict there.
His military decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
In the 1960s, Col Keyes was stationed at the Pentagon and attended graduate school at George Washington University.
He retired from the Army in 1967 and moved to the Houston area, where he was a defense and disaster and relief official with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Survivors include his wife, Alice B., of the home in Bellaire, a suburb of Houston.
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