This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#276000) Re: Keith Harlowe Land 1933-1957 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/clayton/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=276000> AUTHOR: M. Durr - IAGen DATE: 4/23/2010 at 13:53:07 Reply To: (#271876) Keith Harlowe Land 1933-1957 Author: M. Durr - IAGen Date: 3/27/2010 at 10:13:10 Surnames: INGELS,LAND,KOEHN,HARTLEY KEITH LAND KILLED SERVING IN GERMANY Keith Land, 23, husband of Lavonne Koehn of Monona, was killed while on duty in Germany, Saturday morning, May 25, at 9:57 o'clock, the secretary of the army announced. He stated that Specialist Third Class Land was killed as a result of multiple lacerations and of concussions due to misfiring of an artillery piece. The accident occurred near Frankfurt, Germany. Land was serving with the 267th armored field artillery. He had been in the army 19 months and planned to be released from service August 15. He took his training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Before entering service, he was employed by the Luana-Monona Cooperative dairy. He was married to Lavonne Koehn, September 23, 1954. Survivors in addition to his wife, include his parents, Mrk. and Mrs. Joe Land of Luana, and two sisters, Dixie Land of Luana and Mrs. Walter (Rita) Hartley of Denver, Colorado. Postville Herald newspaper of the time.