(as told by his nephew, Kenny Jenkins):

"My uncle was killed on October 26, 1944 in the "Central Combat Zone" by a land mine on Peleliu.  It is probable (though not confirmed) that he was one of nine men in Co. E that were killed by the explosion of a bomb which had been buried as a controlled mine and detonated from a Japanese observation post.  This happened in the area on the southern edge of Umurbrogol Mountain, where the company had been clearing caves. Twenty men of Co. E were wounded in that same explosion.  PFC Queen is buried in the Gill Cemetery, Salt Rock, WV.  He was from Mercerville, OH. "