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==Early life== [[File:Geoffrey Keyes (1888β1967) at West Point in 1913.png|thumb|left|150px|At West Point in 1913]] Keyes was born on October 30, 1888, in [[Fort Bayard, New Mexico]], the son of Captain Alexander S. B. Keyes, a [[United States Army]] officer, and his wife, Virginia Maxwell Keyes. Like his father, Geoffrey enrolled as a cadet at the [[United States Military Academy]] (USMA) at [[West Point, New York]], on March 2, 1908, and graduated on June 12, 1913, being [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]], into the [[United States Cavalry|Cavalry Branch]] of the United States Army. His first assignment was with the [[6th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|6th Cavalry Regiment]], where he served until October 1916 and participated in the [[Pancho Villa Expedition]].
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