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Personal info

Full name
BOSTAIN, Luther Denver
Date of birth
28 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Premium, Letcher County, 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
James P. Bostain (father)
Francis L. (Prince) Bostain (mother)
Russell W. Bostain (brother)
Arthur Bostain (brother)
Mattie E. Bostain (sister)
James B. Bostain (brother)
Virdy D. Bostain (brother)
Albert H. Bostain (brother)

More information

Pfc Luther D. Bostain worked on a farm before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 9 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.familysearch.org, 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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