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Personal info

Full name
BOSTAIN, Luther D
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Breathitt County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35775671
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 15 15

Immediate family

Members
Francis L. Bostain (mother)

More information

Pfc Luther D. Bostain enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 9 October 1943.

He attended high school for 2 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
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