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Personal info

Full name
BOEHM, Walter Adam
Date of birth
30 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33159750
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
517th Airborne Signal Company,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
1 mile north of Blumenkamp, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 3 10

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph A. Boehm (father)
Catherine (Fischer) Boehm (mother)
Anna M. Boehm (sister)
Edward L. Boehm (brother)
Clarence Boehm (brother)
Ralph Boehm (brother)
Viola Boehm (sister)
Rudolph Boehm (brother)
Florence Boehm (sister)
Catherine Boehm (sister)
Albert Boehm (brother)
Charlotte E. (Trampenau) Boehm (wife)
Walter C. Boehm (son)
David H. Boehm (son)

More information

Pfc Walter A. Boehm attended high school for two years.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 26 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Walter A. Boehm Family Tree / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1959 , http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units, 1920 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hans Wijnands - Walther C. Boehm (son)