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Personal info

Full name
BOMAR, George Robert
Date of birth
17 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Munford, Tipton County, Tennessee
Hometown
Atoka, Tipton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
44020074
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
7th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Dorsten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 20 23

Immediate family

Members
Seldon L. Bomar (father)
Rebecca J. (Adkinson) Bomar (mother)
Seldon G. Bomar (brother)
Emanuel Bomar (brother)
Ruben L. Bomar (brother)
Mary C. Bomar (sister)
Julian P. Bomar (brother)
Peggy J. Bomar (sister)

More information

Pfc George R. Bomar attended high school for 1 year. He was a checker and employed by Sears Roebuck and Co., of Memphis, before he enlisted at Camp Forrest, Tennessee on 18 August 1944. Pfc Bomar went overseas in January, 1945. He was a member of the Atoka Presbyterian Church.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 1 April 1945. His remains were disinterred on 3 August 1948 and prepared and placed in a casket on 19 August 1948. He was given his final resting place on 11 January 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans - Covington Leader 19 April 1945, www.abmc.gov, www.8th-armored.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Tipton County Public Library - Sharon Timbs