Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
BOOHER, Roy Lynn
Date of birth
21 September 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Burkesville, Cumberland County, Kentucky
Hometown
Orange County, California

Military service

Service number
39537501
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Onderschey
Noorbeek, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 76

Immediate family

Members
Jim Booher (father)
Ada Booher (mother)
Ray G. Booher (twin brother)
Creed Booher (brother)
Mary Booher (sister)
Reed Booher (brother)
Milton Booher (brother)
Evelyn Booher (sister)
Lucy Booher (sister)
Nelda Booher (sister)
Billie J. Booher (brother)
Dicky Booher (brother)
Zelma Booher (sister)
Vela M. Booher (sister)

Biography

http://www.oldhickory30th.com/Booher%20Twins.htm

More information

S/Sgt Roy L. Booher enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 30 September 1942.

A monument can be found in Noorbeek, The Netherlands near the place where S/Sgt Booher was killed during the liberation of The Netherlands.

Source of information: Frank Gubbels, Cecil Buis, Terry Hirsch, Jos Peeters, www.oldhickory30th.com/, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.myheritage.com, http://nl.tracesofwar.com/, http://www.12-09-1944.nl

Photo source: Frank Gubbels