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Personal info

Full name
ALEXANDER, Boyd Allen
Date of birth
15 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Webb City, Oklahoma
Hometown
Hutchinson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-540729
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 14 7

Immediate family

Members
James C. Alexander (father)
Cassie L. (Sandy) Alexander (mother)
Doyle C. Alexander (brother)
Clyde K. Alexander (brother)
Jack C. Alexander (brother)
Lloyd E. Aldexander (brother)
Edgar J. Alexander (brother)
Gale E. Alexander (sister)
Waude J. Alexander (sister)
Stanley W. Alexander (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Boyd A. Alexander graduated from Phillips High School in 1940 where he was known as an all-around athlete. He went to the state in track and also played basketball and football while in school here. While at New Mexico Military Institute, he ran the fastest quarter mile in the state track history.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Roswell, New Mexico.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Nixon Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.archives.gov, http://army.togetherweserved.com, Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.)

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Fred