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Personal info

Full name
BOYER, Vincent P
Date of birth
15 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-542777
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
82nd Squadron,
436th Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Rooise Heide Road, Best
North of Son, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Philip J. Boyer (father)
Elizabeth A. Boyer (mother)
Alberta Boyer (sister)
Bernadine Boyer (sister)
Eugene Boyer (brother)
John Boyer (brother)
Lilyan F. (Austin) Boyer (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-39671
Data
Type: CG-4A
Destination: Landing Zone W, north of Son, the Netherlands
MACR: 16552

More information

Vincent P. Boyer joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 13 June 1941.

He had been overseas since February 1944.

After releasing from the tow plane over the landing zone, Lt Boyer made a 360° approach. The glider stalled out at about 100 ft. from ground and went straight in.

Lt Boyer was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File / Enlistment File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record