Date of birth:

December 27th, 1914 (San Antonio/Texas, United States)

Date of death:

June 6th, 1944 (near La Fière/Manche department, Basse-Normandie, France)

Service number:

0-020376

Nationality:

American

Major Frederick C. Kellam, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment was killed June 6th, 1944, by a mortar bomb during the defense of the bridge across the River Merderet near La Fière in France. The bridge was subsequently named "Kellam Bridge".

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