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BOULAY, Arthur Ernest - Date of
birth
11 February 1922 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31455628 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Kruchten-Hommerdingen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 1 | 42 |
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph E. Boulay (father)
Lodia Boulay (mother)
Alice Y. Boulay (sister)
More information
Pfc Arthur E. Boulay was a road worker employed by the Tredennick Billings Co. before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 15 March 1944.He trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina. He was stationed in Washington when he received his overseas orders in September 1944. Prior to his induction he was employed at the Pepperell Manufacturing Company. Pfc Boulay was wounded in action in France on 8 November 1944 and forwarded his Purple Heart Medal to his parents. After recovering in a hospital in England from shrapnel wounds of both arms, legs and neck, he returned to his unit. He was last heard from in a letter dated 24 November 1944, the date he returned to his outfit, his parents believed.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, 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, Daniel Sheahan, Reference Staff Fall River Main Library - Fall River Herald News 8 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Daniel Sheahan, Reference Staff Fall River Main Library - Fall River Herald News 8 March 1945, www.ancestry.com – Timothy Boulay