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Personal info

Full name
BODEN, Howard Samuel
Date of birth
30 January 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Patton Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Turtle Creek, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33710280
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Houffalize, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 51

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Boden (father)
Nellie (Simpson) Boden (mother)
Thelma Boden (sister)
Grace I. Boden (sister)
Elizabeth M. Boden (sister)
Charles J. Boden (brother)
Thomas A. Boden (brother)
Raymond E. Boden (brother)

More information

Pvt Howard S. Boden was a stenographer and typist before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 1 December 1943.

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

He is remembered at the Church Hill Cemetery in Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Harry Nehrig Family Tree / 1930 Census / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / LAB / lnl Klater