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Personal info

Full name
BOYD, Pete Wilson
Date of birth
22 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Blumm, Hill County, Texas
Hometown
Fullerton, Orange County, California

Military service

Service number
39722519
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bigonville, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 6 17

Immediate family

Members
Ras M. Boyd (father)
Onie D. Boyd (mother)
Claude L. Boyd (brother)
Pauline J. Boyd (sister)
Thelma I. Boyd (sister)
Fred E. Boyd (brother)
Clarence M. Boyd (brother)
Irma M. (Loucks) Boyd (wife)
Ronald E. Boyd (son)

More information

Pete W. Boyd was married to Irma Loucks on 22 May 1937.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 3 January 1944.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

He is remembered at Loma Vista Memorial Park in Fullerton, California.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Margaret Martin’s Family Genealogy Lines, AAR 53rd inf. battalion July 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Soilsister, Santa Ana Register, September 1945