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BOERSEMA, Frank - Date of
birth
29 November 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Michigan -
Hometown
Kent County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36884692 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
30 October 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Hatterath, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Peter Boersema (father)
Henrietta (Wierda) Boersema (mother)
Jacob A. Boersema (brother)
Jennie Boersema (sister)
Ray L. Boersema (brother)
Frank W. Boersema (brother)
George Boersema (brother)
Vivian P. Boersema (sister)
Rachel Boersema (sister)
I. Joyce Boersema (sister)
Nancy Boersema (sister)
Helen (Dobrowski) Boersema (wife)
Marilyn Boersema (daughter)
More information
Pvt Frank Boersema graduated Holland High School in Holland, Michigan in 1936. He worked at General Motors before he enlisted.He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 7 October 1944.
He was last seen during a raid on a wooded area near Hatterath on 29 October 1944. It was reported that several booby traps were heard to explode in the vicinity in which he was known to be.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
He is memorialized at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees
Photo source: Peter Schouteten