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Personal info

Full name
BOGER, Arthur Olett
Date of birth
20 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33833651
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ferdrupt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 61

Immediate family

Members
John Boger (father)
Edna Boger (mother)
Sylvia Boger (sister)

More information

Pvt Arthur O. Boger attended Lebanon High School for two years and was employed with the A.S. Kreider Shoe Co.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 21 October 1943 and was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his forehead.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com