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Personal info

Full name
BOZEMAN, William Jefferson Jr
Date of birth
23 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34916185
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Devant Feys, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 47 14

Immediate family

Members
William J. Bozeman Sr. (father)
Bether (James) Bozeman (mother)
Lewis J. Bozeman (brother)
Nellie G. Bozeman (sister)
Julius E. Bozeman (brother)
Agnes E. Bozeman (sister)
Willie M. Bozeman (sister)
Theo E. Bozeman (sister)
Margaret A. Bozeman (sister)
Roy O. Bozeman (brother)
Bether Bozeman (sister)
Hubert J. Bozeman (brother)
Thomas M. Bozeman (brother)
Edward T. Bozeman (brother)
Cecile C. (Bass) Bozeman (wife)
William J. Bozeman III (son)

More information

Sgt William J. Bozeman Jr. was married to Cecile Clarice Bass on 16 December 1939.

He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 20 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, 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 1940-1947 / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Alabama County Marriages 1805-1967, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson, www.newspapers.com - The Birmingham News 21 November 1944