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178 Yale University Obituary Record
military science and tactics 1936-40, member St Paul's Church (Episcopal), Syracuse, NY.
Married December 27, 1940, in Syracuse, Peggy Lucille, daughter of
John Joseph and Esther Lucille (Burdett) McCormick Daughter* Diane
Burdett
Second Lieutenant, 104th Field Artillery Regiment, New York National
Guard, called to active service October 15, 1940; in charge communications, 104th Field Artillery, 1st Battalion, Headquarters Battery, Fort McClellan, October, 1940—April, 1941, attended Field Artillery School, Fort
Sill, May-August, 1941, promoted First Lieutenant February 27, 1941,
and Captain July 7, 1942; on maneuvers in Louisiana August-October,
1941, stationed at Fort McClellan October-December, 1941, and Camp
Haar and Fort Ord December, 1941—March, 1942; communications officer Battalion, Field Artillery, Division, and trial judge advocate and Captain Headquarters Battery, Hilo, March, 1942—October,
1943, and in vicinity of Honolulu October, 1943—May, 1944.
Captain Knapp was killed by enemy fire when leading a party to the
rescue of wounded men on Saipan Posthumously awarded the Order of
the Purple Heart and the Silver Star Survived by wife, daughter, a sister,
Miss Grace Marilyn Knapp of Lynn, Mass, a brother, Kingdon Rodger
Knapp, and maternal grandmother
John Eugene O'Keefe, Jr., B.A. 1936.
Bbrn November 23, 1912, in Carthage, Mo.
Died September 18, 1943, in Trinidad, British West Indies.
Father, John Eugene O'Keefe (ME in EE Cornell Umv. 1898), a
retired banker in Carthage; son of Eugene and Mahala (Farmer) O'Keefe
of Carthage Mother, Cora (Beneke) O'Keefe, daughter of August Frederick and Elizabeth (McDowell) Beneke of Carthage.
Carthage High School and Mercersburg (Pa ) Academy Vanderbdt
football and baseball teams Sophomore year; 150-pound football squad
Junior year, Freshman Glee Club, member Yale Political Union, Beta
Theta Pi, and Branford College (football and baseball teams Junior year)
Attended Harvard Law School 1936-39 (LL B 1939), admitted to the
bar 1940, with Larkin, Rathbone & Perry, lawyers, New York City, 1939-
42, member Rathbone, Perry, Kelley & Drye 1942, commissioned Lieutenant (* g ), US Naval Reserve, February 5, 1942; promoted Lieutenant
October 1, 1942, attended Indoctrination School, Quonset Point, RL, until April 11, 1942, stationed at Naval Air Station, Corpus Chnsti, Texas,
April 26, 1942—March 15, 1943, assigned to Transport Squadron 1 March
30-May 30, 1943, at Advanced Navigation School at American Export
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 178 |
| Transcript | 178 Yale University Obituary Record military science and tactics 1936-40, member St Paul's Church (Episcopal), Syracuse, NY. Married December 27, 1940, in Syracuse, Peggy Lucille, daughter of John Joseph and Esther Lucille (Burdett) McCormick Daughter* Diane Burdett Second Lieutenant, 104th Field Artillery Regiment, New York National Guard, called to active service October 15, 1940; in charge communications, 104th Field Artillery, 1st Battalion, Headquarters Battery, Fort McClellan, October, 1940—April, 1941, attended Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, May-August, 1941, promoted First Lieutenant February 27, 1941, and Captain July 7, 1942; on maneuvers in Louisiana August-October, 1941, stationed at Fort McClellan October-December, 1941, and Camp Haar and Fort Ord December, 1941—March, 1942; communications officer Battalion, Field Artillery, Division, and trial judge advocate and Captain Headquarters Battery, Hilo, March, 1942—October, 1943, and in vicinity of Honolulu October, 1943—May, 1944. Captain Knapp was killed by enemy fire when leading a party to the rescue of wounded men on Saipan Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart and the Silver Star Survived by wife, daughter, a sister, Miss Grace Marilyn Knapp of Lynn, Mass, a brother, Kingdon Rodger Knapp, and maternal grandmother John Eugene O'Keefe, Jr., B.A. 1936. Bbrn November 23, 1912, in Carthage, Mo. Died September 18, 1943, in Trinidad, British West Indies. Father, John Eugene O'Keefe (ME in EE Cornell Umv. 1898), a retired banker in Carthage; son of Eugene and Mahala (Farmer) O'Keefe of Carthage Mother, Cora (Beneke) O'Keefe, daughter of August Frederick and Elizabeth (McDowell) Beneke of Carthage. Carthage High School and Mercersburg (Pa ) Academy Vanderbdt football and baseball teams Sophomore year; 150-pound football squad Junior year, Freshman Glee Club, member Yale Political Union, Beta Theta Pi, and Branford College (football and baseball teams Junior year) Attended Harvard Law School 1936-39 (LL B 1939), admitted to the bar 1940, with Larkin, Rathbone & Perry, lawyers, New York City, 1939- 42, member Rathbone, Perry, Kelley & Drye 1942, commissioned Lieutenant (* g ), US Naval Reserve, February 5, 1942; promoted Lieutenant October 1, 1942, attended Indoctrination School, Quonset Point, RL, until April 11, 1942, stationed at Naval Air Station, Corpus Chnsti, Texas, April 26, 1942—March 15, 1943, assigned to Transport Squadron 1 March 30-May 30, 1943, at Advanced Navigation School at American Export |
