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Personal info

Full name
BOSTIAN, Harold Quincy
Date of birth
17 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Wyoming County, New York
Hometown
Wyoming, Wyoming County, New York

Military service

Service number
42020488
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kruchten-Hommerdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 40

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence A. Bostian (father)
Olive R. (Blatchford) Bostian (mother)
Robert L. Bostian (brother)
Lucile H. Bostian (sister)
Catherina T. Bostian (sister)
Eleanor Bostian (sister)
Violet (Carlson) Bostian (wife)

More information

Pfc Harold Q. Bostian was a graduate of Wyoming Central School and was employed by the Hayton Cannina Co. when he enlisted on 30 June 1942 and left for overseas on 28 December 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax and neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Hannah Majewski - Bostian Family, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski - Sharon Earley