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Personal info

Full name
BOYES, Robert Gardner "Bob"
Date of birth
24 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Knox County, Illinois
Hometown
Knox County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-547669
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Kesternich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 4

Immediate family

Members
Walter F. Boyes (father)
Abbie E. (Gardner) Boyes (mother)
Norma K. Boyes (half sister)
Herbert K. Boyes (half brother)
Dorothy C. (Sherwood) Boyes (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Robert G. Boyes graduated from Galesburg High School in 1940 and attended Knox College.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Galesburg, Illinois on 23 May 1942.

The first picture was taken in high school in 1940, the second one in college in 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Galesburg High School Yearbook 1940 / Knox College Yearbook 1945