US Marine Corps
World War II
Sergeant, USMC
Served in WWII 1939 - 1946,
Heavy Machine Gunner
Awarded Combat Action Ribbon,
Navy Presidential Unit Citation Prisoner of War Medal,
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal,
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal,
American Defense Service Medal,
American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal,
World War II Victory Medal
Wake Island defender as a Marine Pvt.
Detained by Japanese in POW camp
Socal Security Death Index
Name: Berdine Boyd
SSN: XXXX
Last Residence: 39648 McComb, Pike, Mississippi
Born: 19 Feb 1920
Died: 29 Oct 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
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The following was provided by Contributor NEIL O'CONNOR (48663429):
Berdyne Boyd, 75, of McComb, died Oct. 29, 1994, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Jackson. Graveside services with military honors were at 2 p.m. today in Enon Cemetery in Walthall County, with the Rev. Fred Morris officiating. Catchings Funeral Home of McComb was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Boyd was born Feb. 19, 1919, in Lawrence County. He was the son of William Stephen "Fiddler Bill" Boyd and Dora O'Quin Boyd. He was a disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II. After being captured on Wake Island, he was a Japanese prisoner of war for three years and seven months. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters. He is survived by one son, Darryl Boyd of Baytown, Texas; two daughters, Deborah Patzold of Cleveland, Texas, and Rhonda Bennett of Dallas, Texas; one niece, Mildred Brister of McComb; three sisters, Lucette Alexander of McComb, Vera Willoughby of Columbia and Ruby Ballard of Monticello; special friends, George and Carolyn Cutrer of McComb; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Source: Enterprise-Journal; McComb, Mississippi; 31 Oct 1994.
World War II
Sergeant, USMC
Served in WWII 1939 - 1946,
Heavy Machine Gunner
Awarded Combat Action Ribbon,
Navy Presidential Unit Citation Prisoner of War Medal,
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal,
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal,
American Defense Service Medal,
American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal,
World War II Victory Medal
Wake Island defender as a Marine Pvt.
Detained by Japanese in POW camp
Socal Security Death Index
Name: Berdine Boyd
SSN: XXXX
Last Residence: 39648 McComb, Pike, Mississippi
Born: 19 Feb 1920
Died: 29 Oct 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
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The following was provided by Contributor NEIL O'CONNOR (48663429):
Berdyne Boyd, 75, of McComb, died Oct. 29, 1994, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Jackson. Graveside services with military honors were at 2 p.m. today in Enon Cemetery in Walthall County, with the Rev. Fred Morris officiating. Catchings Funeral Home of McComb was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Boyd was born Feb. 19, 1919, in Lawrence County. He was the son of William Stephen "Fiddler Bill" Boyd and Dora O'Quin Boyd. He was a disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II. After being captured on Wake Island, he was a Japanese prisoner of war for three years and seven months. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters. He is survived by one son, Darryl Boyd of Baytown, Texas; two daughters, Deborah Patzold of Cleveland, Texas, and Rhonda Bennett of Dallas, Texas; one niece, Mildred Brister of McComb; three sisters, Lucette Alexander of McComb, Vera Willoughby of Columbia and Ruby Ballard of Monticello; special friends, George and Carolyn Cutrer of McComb; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Source: Enterprise-Journal; McComb, Mississippi; 31 Oct 1994.
US Marine Corps
World War II
Sergeant, USMC
Served in WWII 1939 - 1946,
Heavy Machine Gunner
Awarded Combat Action Ribbon,
Navy Presidential Unit Citation Prisoner of War Medal,
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal,
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal,
American Defense Service Medal,
American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal,
World War II Victory Medal
Wake Island defender as a Marine Pvt.
Detained by Japanese in POW camp
Socal Security Death Index
Name: Berdine Boyd
SSN: XXXX
Last Residence: 39648 McComb, Pike, Mississippi
Born: 19 Feb 1920
Died: 29 Oct 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
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The following was provided by Contributor NEIL O'CONNOR (48663429):
Berdyne Boyd, 75, of McComb, died Oct. 29, 1994, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Jackson. Graveside services with military honors were at 2 p.m. today in Enon Cemetery in Walthall County, with the Rev. Fred Morris officiating. Catchings Funeral Home of McComb was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Boyd was born Feb. 19, 1919, in Lawrence County. He was the son of William Stephen "Fiddler Bill" Boyd and Dora O'Quin Boyd. He was a disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II. After being captured on Wake Island, he was a Japanese prisoner of war for three years and seven months. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters. He is survived by one son, Darryl Boyd of Baytown, Texas; two daughters, Deborah Patzold of Cleveland, Texas, and Rhonda Bennett of Dallas, Texas; one niece, Mildred Brister of McComb; three sisters, Lucette Alexander of McComb, Vera Willoughby of Columbia and Ruby Ballard of Monticello; special friends, George and Carolyn Cutrer of McComb; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Source: Enterprise-Journal; McComb, Mississippi; 31 Oct 1994.
World War II
Sergeant, USMC
Served in WWII 1939 - 1946,
Heavy Machine Gunner
Awarded Combat Action Ribbon,
Navy Presidential Unit Citation Prisoner of War Medal,
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal,
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal,
American Defense Service Medal,
American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal,
World War II Victory Medal
Wake Island defender as a Marine Pvt.
Detained by Japanese in POW camp
Socal Security Death Index
Name: Berdine Boyd
SSN: XXXX
Last Residence: 39648 McComb, Pike, Mississippi
Born: 19 Feb 1920
Died: 29 Oct 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
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The following was provided by Contributor NEIL O'CONNOR (48663429):
Berdyne Boyd, 75, of McComb, died Oct. 29, 1994, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Jackson. Graveside services with military honors were at 2 p.m. today in Enon Cemetery in Walthall County, with the Rev. Fred Morris officiating. Catchings Funeral Home of McComb was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Boyd was born Feb. 19, 1919, in Lawrence County. He was the son of William Stephen "Fiddler Bill" Boyd and Dora O'Quin Boyd. He was a disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II. After being captured on Wake Island, he was a Japanese prisoner of war for three years and seven months. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters. He is survived by one son, Darryl Boyd of Baytown, Texas; two daughters, Deborah Patzold of Cleveland, Texas, and Rhonda Bennett of Dallas, Texas; one niece, Mildred Brister of McComb; three sisters, Lucette Alexander of McComb, Vera Willoughby of Columbia and Ruby Ballard of Monticello; special friends, George and Carolyn Cutrer of McComb; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Source: Enterprise-Journal; McComb, Mississippi; 31 Oct 1994.
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