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Personal info

Full name
BOYER, Ervin
Date of birth
8 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Grant County, West Virginia
Hometown
Hampshire County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35740174
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 July 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Remilly-sur-Lozon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 68

Immediate family

Members
Floyd H. Boyer (father)
Myrtle E. Boyer (mother)
Lester W. Boyer (brother)
Elzy R. Boyer (brother)
Nellie H. Boyer (sister)
Samuel W. Boyer (brother)
Stanley Boyer (brother)
Lena Boyer (sister)
Arthur Boyer (brother)

More information

Pvt Ervin Boyer was a lumberman.

He enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 14 October 1942.

Pvt Ervin Boyer was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Blosville, France. From there he was moved to Henri-Chapelle to be buried next to his brother Pfc Lester W. Boyer.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, West Virginia Memory Project

Photo source: Wilfried de Backer, www.findagrave.com - Rich Fullam