Howard Verne Keffer

World War II
Service #4121961
UnitUnited States Naval Reserve
RankRadioman Third Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From California
Date of DeathDecember 7 1941
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Radioman 3rd Class Howard V. Keffer were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.