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Personal info

Full name
BOREN, Lloyd Nelson
Date of birth
4 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Linton, Trigg County, Kentucky
Hometown
Calvert City, Marshall County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35039134
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 15

Immediate family

Members
Lenn O. Boren (father)
Rosa B. (Hunter) Boren (mother)
Dalpha P. Boren (sister)
Jessie J. Boren (brother)
Robert L. Boren (brother)

More information

Sgt Lloyd N. Boren was a lineman and telegraph, telephone and power serviceman, before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 25 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Brandy Wells Murray
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / DKB