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Personal info

Full name
BOGGS, Ewing Benton
Date of birth
28 November 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Lynch, Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Fayette County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15090205
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 13 102

Immediate family

Members
Henry B. Boggs (father)
Minnie B. (Gilbert) Boggs (mother)
Chalmer H. Boggs (brother)
Orville Boggs (brother)
William A. Boggs (brother)
Conny L. Boggs (sister)
Kermit Boggs (brother)
Harry G. Boggs (brother)
Vida L. (Carter) Boggs (wife)

More information

T/4 Ewing B. Boggs enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

He was married to Vida Louise Carter in 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999 / West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, www.findagrave.com - Judith Hartzog

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - 1942 Yearbook of the 37th Tank Battalion at Pine Camp - Added by Silvano Theunissen, www.ancestry.com - World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945