Servicenumber 35 602 857.
Okey G. Keylor was born on June 14th, 1924 in Barnsville, Ohio. Previous to the war he worked as a Patternmaker/Wood Apprentice.
He was called on for service on February 20th, 1943 and was enlisted on September 13th in Fort Hayes, Ohio. Keylor was trained as a Radio Operator and Mechanic with the U.S. Army Air Corps and served on board of Boeing B 17 planes.
He left for Europe as Technical Sergeant on May 1st, 1944 to arrive there on May 4th. On November 13th, 1944 he temporarily returned to the States, where he arrived on November 20th. On March 19th, 1945 he left for the Burma-India Theatre of Operations, where he served until November 23rd to arrive in the States again on December 24th. Okey Keylor served with 850th Bomb Squadron.
Okey Keylor was discharged from active service on 6th January 1946 with the day before as the entry date.
He was also entiteld to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge.
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