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Personal info

Full name
BOYD, Francis Edward
Date of birth
11 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Strouds, Webster County, West Virginia
Hometown
Webster County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35745266
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 13 51

Immediate family

Members
Simpson F. Boyd (father)
Pearl Boyd (mother)
Ely Boyd (brother)
Carl Boyd (brother)
Hellen Boyd (sister)
Francis Boyd (brother)
Mary Boyd (sister)
Betty E. Boyd (sister)
Vernon R. Boyd (brother)
Nola M. Boyd (sister)
John Boyd (brother)
Shirley T. Boyd (sister)

More information

Francis E. Boyd worked on a farm before he enlisted on 4 December 1942 in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, West Virginia Memory Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet