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Personal info

Full name
BOYD, James Grant
Date of birth
25 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Blandburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Blandburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33108182
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
East of Bois Jacques, Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 33

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Boyd (father)
Ida N. (Brown) Boyd (mother)
Anna Boyd (sister)
Marion Boyd (sister)
Thomas A. Boyd (brother)
Ida Boyd (sister)
George Boyd (brother)
Carol W. Boyd (brother)
Joseph Boyd (brother)
Sadie Boyd (sister)
Maude Boyd (sister)
Raymond C. Boyd (brother)

More information

Pvt James G. Boyd enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 11 December 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

His brother Raymond C. Boyd is buried at the American Military Cemetery in Margraten, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten