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Personal info

Full name
BOYCE, Ray L
Date of birth
7 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37566639
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
Bergstein, Hürtgen Forest, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 3

Immediate family

Members
Chester E. Boyce (father)
Alice E. (Embser) Boyce (mother)
William C. Boyce (brother)
Jessie Boyce (sister)
Helen J. Boyce (sister)
Arlene A. Boyce (sister)
Charles W. Boyce (brother)
Leonore I. Boyce (wife)

More information

Cpl Ray L. Boyce enlisted on 8 June 1943 and went overseas April 27, 1944. He was already a veteran of the campaigns in Italy and Southern France.

He was killed in action by small arms fire through his left eye.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 25 February 1945. He was disinterred on 24 November 1947 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 10 December 1947. He was given his final resting place on 28 August 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.517prct.org, IDPF, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune