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Personal info

Full name
BOYD, Clarence William Dempsey
Date of birth
2 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36912842
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
In the Gemunden area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 6

Immediate family

Members
William H. Boyd (father)

Lula (Helms) Boyd (mother)
Florence Boyd (sister)
John W. Boyd (brother)

Ann R. (Kaucich) Boyd (wife)
Joan (Boyd) Handtke (daughter)

More information

Pfc Clarence W. Boyd was married to Anna Rose Kaucich on 14 April 1940.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Gravely-Helms Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Records
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