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Personal info

Full name
BOSWALD, John Martin
Date of birth
5 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42085563
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Frémonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 51

Immediate family

Members
Charles G. Boswald (father)
Augusta (Schuh) Boswald (mother)
Gertrude E. (Conger) Boswald (wife)

More information

Pvt John M. Boswald attended college for one year and was employed at the Frank Graham Paper Company before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 1 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to his tibia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Endweiss Conger Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, Hackensack, New Jersey