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BOHUS, William - Date of
birth
30 April 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36823237 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
11 October 1944 - Place of
death
Between Bukovany and Chlum Svaté Maří, Czech Republic
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| K | 31 | 20 |
Immediate family
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Members
Michael B. Bohus (father)
Mary (Palffy) Bohus (mother)
Mary I. Bohus (sister)
Louis M. Bohus (brother)
Adam R. W. Bohus (brother)
More information
Pvt William Bohus was taken prisoner and initially held in Stalag IV-B in Mühlberg, Germany. He was later transferred to Stalag XIII-B in Weiden, Germany, from where he was transferred to a labor camp in Tisová, Czechoslovakia in the summer of 1944, where he worked in the local quarry "Silvestr". He was forced to work very hard and without enough food.On 11 October 1944, on the road between the village of Bukovany and Chlum Svaté Maří, he had a minor disagreement with a guard, Obergfreiter Falber. It resulted in Falber drawing his pistol and shooting at Pvt Bohus. Bohus tried to avoid the shot but was hit in the face. He tried to escape but was caught and Fabler fired into his head again. That was still not enough for Falber, so he shot him in the head again from behind.
He was buried at the cemetry in village Citice, Czechoslovakia. On 21 April 1946, his remains were diinterred by an American grave registration unit.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Donald Thie, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / thiefichtnerpeetz, www.findagrave.com – Dick O’Donnell, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dick O’Donnell, www.ancestry.com - Donald Thie