WORLD WAR II
US Army, Field Artillery
Age 29
Killed in Action at Tunisia
Awarded: PH, 2 BS, P. Unit Cit., G. Cond. M., Am. Def. M., VM, Amer., EAME
Son of Robert and Frances Elizabeth Johnson Boone.
WINNSBORO - Sgt. Furman A. Boone, 29, of the field artillery, has been killed in action in defense of his country, according to the report received by his brother, Paul Boone, from the war department. Sergeant Boone had been reported missing since February 14, 1943, in the vicinity of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia. No word had been received about him until this week, when he was reported killed in action by the war department.
Sergeant Boone had one other brother in service, Grady L. Boone G.M. 3c. now stationed somewhere in the Atlantic. Sergeant Boone had been in the Army for six years. He received his basic training at Fort Bragg, N.C. He was among the first American troops landing in Africa, where he served until he was killed by the enemy.
Sergeant Boone is survived by eight brothers and two sisters.
Published in The State, March 18, 1944
US Army, Field Artillery
Age 29
Killed in Action at Tunisia
Awarded: PH, 2 BS, P. Unit Cit., G. Cond. M., Am. Def. M., VM, Amer., EAME
Son of Robert and Frances Elizabeth Johnson Boone.
WINNSBORO - Sgt. Furman A. Boone, 29, of the field artillery, has been killed in action in defense of his country, according to the report received by his brother, Paul Boone, from the war department. Sergeant Boone had been reported missing since February 14, 1943, in the vicinity of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia. No word had been received about him until this week, when he was reported killed in action by the war department.
Sergeant Boone had one other brother in service, Grady L. Boone G.M. 3c. now stationed somewhere in the Atlantic. Sergeant Boone had been in the Army for six years. He received his basic training at Fort Bragg, N.C. He was among the first American troops landing in Africa, where he served until he was killed by the enemy.
Sergeant Boone is survived by eight brothers and two sisters.
Published in The State, March 18, 1944
WORLD WAR II
US Army, Field Artillery
Age 29
Killed in Action at Tunisia
Awarded: PH, 2 BS, P. Unit Cit., G. Cond. M., Am. Def. M., VM, Amer., EAME
Son of Robert and Frances Elizabeth Johnson Boone.
WINNSBORO - Sgt. Furman A. Boone, 29, of the field artillery, has been killed in action in defense of his country, according to the report received by his brother, Paul Boone, from the war department. Sergeant Boone had been reported missing since February 14, 1943, in the vicinity of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia. No word had been received about him until this week, when he was reported killed in action by the war department.
Sergeant Boone had one other brother in service, Grady L. Boone G.M. 3c. now stationed somewhere in the Atlantic. Sergeant Boone had been in the Army for six years. He received his basic training at Fort Bragg, N.C. He was among the first American troops landing in Africa, where he served until he was killed by the enemy.
Sergeant Boone is survived by eight brothers and two sisters.
Published in The State, March 18, 1944
US Army, Field Artillery
Age 29
Killed in Action at Tunisia
Awarded: PH, 2 BS, P. Unit Cit., G. Cond. M., Am. Def. M., VM, Amer., EAME
Son of Robert and Frances Elizabeth Johnson Boone.
WINNSBORO - Sgt. Furman A. Boone, 29, of the field artillery, has been killed in action in defense of his country, according to the report received by his brother, Paul Boone, from the war department. Sergeant Boone had been reported missing since February 14, 1943, in the vicinity of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia. No word had been received about him until this week, when he was reported killed in action by the war department.
Sergeant Boone had one other brother in service, Grady L. Boone G.M. 3c. now stationed somewhere in the Atlantic. Sergeant Boone had been in the Army for six years. He received his basic training at Fort Bragg, N.C. He was among the first American troops landing in Africa, where he served until he was killed by the enemy.
Sergeant Boone is survived by eight brothers and two sisters.
Published in The State, March 18, 1944
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