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BOEVE, Homer Emil - Date of
birth
23 September 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan -
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36886002 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Section Runner -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
275th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
1 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Philippsbourg, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 10 | 54 |
Immediate family
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Members
Henry Boeve (father)
Emma (DeWitte) Boeve (mother)
Vivian Boeve (sister)
Evelyn I. (Kruger) Boeve (wife)
More information
Pfc Homer E Boeve was employed at Packard Motor Car Company. He entered the service 8 November 1943. He was sent overseas in early December.George Marschall: As I got back to the rear of the house, one of the guys came out the back door and said that our section runner, Homer Boeve, was killed by one of our own guys as he came to get us with orders to move up on a hill next to the farmhouse where we had assembled. Homer had very poor hearing. We all told him back at Fort Wood that it would get him killed. But he just liked the idea of being a runner. He just did not hear the challenge as he approached our guy in the dark. Bill Rathkamp had carried him into the house, where Homer said that we were needed on top of the adjacent Hill. He died there in the house. When we got to the hill, Harry and Howard Mumm took their gun on top while Flink and I took our gun around the nose of the Hill above the road about halfway up.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.trailblazersww2.org, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Marriage License, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Livingston County Daily Press and Argus - 7 February 1945, Detroit News - 12 February 1945