Pfc. Boswell was killed in action by heavy explosive device on 8-12-1944 while serving in France with the 50th Infantry Battalion of the 6th Armored Division.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. James Boswell of Metamora, Illinois, and the husband of Mrs. Shirley Boswell of R.R.#1 of Mapleton, Illinois, and was employed by the United Cigar Store of Peoria.
He enlisted in the Army in Peoria on April 8, 1942, and did his training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and was overseas by February of 1944.
He does leave one sister, Miss Phyllis of Metamora, and four brothers, George and William of Metamora, Charles of Peoria, and Walter of Hawaii.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. James Boswell of Metamora, Illinois, and the husband of Mrs. Shirley Boswell of R.R.#1 of Mapleton, Illinois, and was employed by the United Cigar Store of Peoria.
He enlisted in the Army in Peoria on April 8, 1942, and did his training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and was overseas by February of 1944.
He does leave one sister, Miss Phyllis of Metamora, and four brothers, George and William of Metamora, Charles of Peoria, and Walter of Hawaii.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
Pfc. Boswell was killed in action by heavy explosive device on 8-12-1944 while serving in France with the 50th Infantry Battalion of the 6th Armored Division.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. James Boswell of Metamora, Illinois, and the husband of Mrs. Shirley Boswell of R.R.#1 of Mapleton, Illinois, and was employed by the United Cigar Store of Peoria.
He enlisted in the Army in Peoria on April 8, 1942, and did his training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and was overseas by February of 1944.
He does leave one sister, Miss Phyllis of Metamora, and four brothers, George and William of Metamora, Charles of Peoria, and Walter of Hawaii.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. James Boswell of Metamora, Illinois, and the husband of Mrs. Shirley Boswell of R.R.#1 of Mapleton, Illinois, and was employed by the United Cigar Store of Peoria.
He enlisted in the Army in Peoria on April 8, 1942, and did his training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and was overseas by February of 1944.
He does leave one sister, Miss Phyllis of Metamora, and four brothers, George and William of Metamora, Charles of Peoria, and Walter of Hawaii.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
Inscription
PFC, 50 ARMD INF BN, 6 ARMD DIV WORLD WAR II
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