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Personal info

Full name
BOUSKEY, Francis O
Date of birth
22 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Duxbury, Washington County, Vermont
Hometown
Vershire, Orange County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31115004
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Warden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 18 7

Immediate family

Members
Francis H. Bouskey (father)
Florence (Wright) Bouskey (mother)
Denman J. Bouskey (brother)
Irene M. Bouskey (sister)

More information

Pfc Francis O. Bouskey enlisted in Rutland, Vermont on 27 May 1942 and was sent overseas in February 1944.

He was wounded in action in the shoulder on 9 August 1944 and recently had rejoined his unit.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Record 1938-1946 / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Burlington Free Press

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Barre Daily Times 18 January 1945