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Personal info

Full name
DE BOER, Quentin A "Tim"
Date of birth
1 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Pella, Marion County, Iowa
Hometown
Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
39591069
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 19 4

Immediate family

Members
Alex E.M. De Boer (father)
Ora W.M. (Redding) De Boer (mother)
Charles De Boer (brother)
Calvin De Boer (brother)
Lawrence De Boer (brother)
Donald De Boer (brother)
George De Boer (brother)
Julia L. (Lowing) De Boer (wife)
Patricia A. De Boer (daughter)

More information

Sgt Quentin A. De Boer enlisted at Fort MacArthur San Pedro, California on 22 June 1944.

His grandfather, Jan De Boer was born in Koedijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands on 12 May 1842 and emigrated to Grand Rapids in Michigan in 1860.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - T. Pulley

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, Tricia Pulley (granddaughter)