Kee, Willie Frank

Willie Frank Kee

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Quick Facts

Significance:

31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division

Place of Birth:

Rutherford County, Tennessee

Date of Birth:

October 14, 1917

Place of Death:

North Korea

Date of Death:

December 1, 1950

Place of Burial:

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Cemetery Name:

Stones River National Cemetery

Wille Frank Kee was born on October 14, 1917 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. He joined the US Army in April 1940 and served at a Civilian Conservation Corps in Georgia before the US joined World War II. Kee stayed with the Army after the war as a Corporal. He was later sent to North Korea towards the start of the Korean War as a member of the 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.

He participated in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir where he went Missing in Action on December 1, 1950. Kee’s body was found in 1956, but his casualty date is recorded as December 1, 1950. He was awarded with a Purple Heart and is honored at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C..

Kee is laid to rest in the Stones River National Cemetery in plot P-6299.