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Personal info

Full name
BOYER, Elmer S
Date of birth
22 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Colebrook Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Boyer Town, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33622214
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 74

Immediate family

Members
Elmer Boyer Sr. (father)
Gratia Boyer (mother)
Harold S. Boyer (brother)
Linwood S. Boyer (sister)
David Boyer (brother)
Katherine Boyer (sister)
Helen Boyer (sister)
Robert Boyer (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Elmer S. Boyer enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on 1 April 1943. He attended 3 years of high school and worked in a laundromat before he enlisted.

At the time of his death the 11th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fights near Ernzen, North of Echternach, Germany.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski - Linette Boyer Miller