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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Boyd Merle
Date of birth
8 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hastings, Mills County, Iowa
Hometown
Conway, Taylor County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37675900
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
550th Airborne Infantry Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Stalag 11B
Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 7 25

Immediate family

Members
Clyde L. Wilson (father)
Mabel A. (Colwell) Wilson (mother)
Opal L. Wilson (sister)
Kenneth C. Wilson (brother)
Lloyd B. Wilson (twin brother)
Ruby L. Wilson (sister)
Lynn L. Wilson (sister)

More information

Pvt Boyd M. Wilson enlisted on 24 July 1943 at Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa. He died as Prisoner of War.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - Army Enlistment Record,
WWII Prisoner of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten