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BOSCH, Francis Harold - Date of
birth
1 March 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Limeport, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33136897 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 October 1944 - Place of
death
Just north of the boot-shaped woods, north of Overloon, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Edward Bosch (father)
Julia (Wirth) Bosch (mother)
Emil Schlener (foster father)
Walter Bosch (brother)
Charles Bosch (brother)
Edward Bosch (brother)
More information
Francis H. Bosch enlisted on 2 February 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Card, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call
Photo source: Mireille Goedhart, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call