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Personal info

Full name
BOGGESS, Clemet Earl
Date of birth
19 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Sissonville, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35070156
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schankweiler - Ferschweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 9 7

Immediate family

Members
George E. Boggess (father)
Minnie A. (Humphries) Boggess (mother)
Trevie Boggess (sister)
Hansford Boggess (brother)
Ruby M. (Fisher) Boggess (wife)
Patricia M. Boggess (daughter)

More information

Pvt Clemet E. Boggess enlisted at Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 29 February 1944.

He worked in the petroleum production before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / My Reed Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery