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Personal info

Full name
BOESE, John T
Date of birth
20 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Copeland, Gray, Kansas
Hometown
Marion County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37722322
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 4 4

Immediate family

Members
Tobias J. Boese (father)
Carrie (Buller) Boese (mother)
Jacob Boese (brother)
Walter Boese (brother)
Henry Boese (brother)
Arthur Boese (brother)
Samuel Boese (brother)
Elma (Schmidt) Boese (sister)
Esther (Jantz) Boese (sister)
Marie Boese (sister)

More information

Pvt John T. Boese enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 16 September 1943. He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Des Philippet - www.findagrave.com