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2994. Col William Henry8 KELLER (Justus Wilhelm7, Maria6 METZENDORF, Johann Heinrich5,Johannes4, Jürgen Heinrich3, Johann Heinrich2, Wilhelm Nicklas1) was born in Indianapolis, Marion County,IN on 4 August 1898. William died in July 1986 in Alhambra, Los Angeles County, CA, at 87 years of ageEpiscopal Retirement Home. (SSN 307-14-5560)He married Dorothy Lucile JOHNSON 28 Mar 1921 in Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Lucile wasborn on 16 May 1898 in Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Lucile died on 16 December 1985 in Torrance, LosAngeles County, CA, at 87 years of age. (SSN 553-37-9290)In in July 1952 Lucile, as Col William Henry KELLER's wife, resided with him at 301 GreenfieldAvenue, in San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA. In in August 1986 Lucile, as Col William Henry KELLER'swife, resided with him in Canterbury Retirement Home, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, CA.He resided at 301 Greenfield Avenue in San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA in July 1952. Williamserved as a Colonel,Quartermaster Corps in the United States Army. He resided in Canterbury RetirementHome in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, CA in August 1986. William Henry Keller was born andraised on the south side of Indianapolis where he graduated from Manual Arts High School. In 1917 he joinedthe Army and served in France as a Corporal with the 151st Field Artillery of the Rainbow Division. After thewar he became a salesman with the Republic Creosote Company, but lost this position during the Depression.He subsequently proposed and was assigned a position to establish the first vehicle maintenance garage for theIndiana State Police. He was Superintendent of Maintenance for the State Police at their facility near FountainSquare on the south side of Indianapolis until 1940.In the 1920's he had joined the Indiana National Guard and received a commission (O-276579) and, in1940, was called to active duty as a Captain in the Quartermaster Corps of the Indiana 39th Division. Afterthe outbreak of the Second World War he remained in the Quartermaster Corps, but was assigned with theArmy Air Corps. He was assigned to Brookley Field, Mobile, Alabama until mid-1942 when he wasreassigned as Post Quartermaster at Patterson Field, Ohio. He subsequently was promoted to Major andLieutenant Colonel and assigned to the Air Service Command (now the Air Force Materiel Command). In1944 he was transferred to the Pacific Theatre with the Far East Air Service Command where he served inHollandia, New Guinea; Biak; the Philippines; and Okinawa. He returned to the United States in late 1945after the conclusion of the war. He left the Army at that time and returned to Indianapolis. However, in 1946he returned to active duty as a Lieutenant Colonel and was briefly assigned to the Brooklyn Army Base in NewYork. In 1947 he was transferred to Fort Mason, San Fransisco where he was Chief of Graves RegistrationsDivision which was responsible for the return of American war dead from the Pacific. In 1949 he wastransferred to Marburg, Germany as Commander of the Quartermaster Reclamation Depot where he remaineduntil 1952. He was transferred to the Oakland Army Depot in 1952 and purchased a house in San Mateo,California. He was assigned at Oakland Army Base until being transferred to Korea in 1955. Although aLieutenant Colonel on active duty, he was a Colonel in the Army Reserve. Having served 20 years active dutyand 10 years in the reserve, he retired as a Colonel in 1957. He remained in San Mateo, California until twoyears befor his death when he and his wife, Lucile, moved to Southern California where their son and daughterlived.Col William Henry KELLER and Dorothy Lucile JOHNSON had the following children:+ 187 i. Constance Lucile9 KELLER was born on 17 February 1923.+ 188 ii. William Jon KELLER was born on 17 June 1928.Jim Keller November 13, 2001