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Personal info

Full name
BOLEN, Everett E
Date of birth
19 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Clay County, Illinois
Hometown
Illinois

Military service

Service number
36697028
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
South of Gut Merberich, Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 56

Immediate family

Members
Roy Bolen (father)
Mina E. (Mayes) Bolen (mother)
Lee R. Bolen (brother)
George A. Bolen (brother)
Elsie L. Bolen (sister)
John C. Bolen (brother)
James E. Bolen (brother)
Eileen Bolen (sister)
Billy M. Bolen (brother)
Robert V. Bolen (brother)

More information

Pvt Everett E. Bolen was killed by a sharpshooter.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, , Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.16thinfantry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Roy M. Bolen