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Personal info

Full name
BOYD, Richard O
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
32939099
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 2 25

Immediate family

Members
Clyde A. Boyd (father)
Helen E. Boyd (mother)
Kenneth Boyd (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard O. Boyd graduated from Johnson City High School.

He enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 24 July 1943 and was selected fot the Army Specialized Training Program. When this program was disbanded, he was trasferred to the infantry and sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin