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Personal info

Full name
MAHONEY, Boyd L
Date of birth
21 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Henry County, Kentucky
Hometown
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35712221
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
63rd Engineer Combat Battalion,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 23

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Mahoney (father)
Mabel C. (Kalusy) Mahoney (mother)
Howard J. Mahoney (brother)
Martha S. Mahoney (sister)
Josephine Mahoney (wife)
Donald Mahoney (son)
Patricia Mahoney (daughter)

More information

Sgt Boyd L. Mahoney was a routeman before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 8 February 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his hand.

His brother Howard is buried at Hanri-Chapelle American Military Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Betty Lynn Evans Family Legacy / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Courier Journal - 19 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Courier Journal - 19 November 1944