About
World War II (1939-1945)
Joseph English Kehoe was born in Troy, New York, on November 21, 1912. By 1920, he was living in the town of Rotterdam in Schenectady County with his family. He was a security guard for the American Locomotive Company after graduating from Draper High School. When Joseph entered the military, he was working at the Conklingville Dam in Hadley, New York.
On April 16, 1942, Joseph enlisted in the United States Army. He completed his basic training at Fort Knox in Kentucky. He was a private first class serving with the 44th Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division. On February 9, 1945, while attempting to reach a wounded soldier in Germany, Joseph was killed by German machine gun fire. He is buried in the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg.
*Joseph’s brother John was also killed during World War ll; they are buried side by side in the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry