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Desmond
O’Keefe
1895-08-14

–

1957-10-23

Born:

, 

Kansas

Desmond O’Keefe graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of August 1917. He retired as a U.S. Air Force Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Action Date:

    1945 – 1948
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Desmond O’Keefe, United States Air Force, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1945 to 1948.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Colonel (Air Corps)

    Action Date:

    January 1943 – July 1944
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 17 (March 5, 1948)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Air Corps) Desmond O’Keefe, United States Army Air Forces, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from January 1943 to July 1944. (This award supersedes the award of the Bronze Star Medal to Colonel O’Keefe, for service from 14 October to 28 November 1943, as published in General Orders 205, Headquarters, Army Air Forces, India-Burma Theater, 15 November 1944.)