Military Involvement
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Harold George Boardman was born Apr. 7, 1919 to Harley D. and Minnie Astrak Boardman. He died Nov. 26, 1988 and is buried in Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Pearl, Mississippi.
Harold served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Harry James Boardman was born Aug. 22, 1911 to Douglas and Martha Valley Boardman. He died Mar. 30, 1989.
Harry served in World War II with the U.S. Army Field Artillery.
Source: ancestry.com
Ervin W. Bockhous was born Dec. 14, 1914 to Fred and Frieda D. Bockhous.
Ervin served in World War II with the U.S. Army 133rd Infantry, 34th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Leo James Boese was born Sept. 18, 1924 to Robert and Dorothy Freeman Boese. He died Oct. 7, 1989 and is buried in Postville Cemetery, Clayton County, IA.
Petty Officer Boese served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Shelby (APA-105) in the Asiatic Pacific and the Philippine Liberation. He received the Victory Medal.
Source: ancestry.com
Avery Wilson Bollman was born June 4, 1918 to Ira Sankey and Edna Mae Perkins Bollman. He died Feb. 13, 2003 and is buried in Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Waverly, IA.
Sgt. Bollman served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Donald James Bollman was born Apr. 9, 1907 to Ira Sankey and Edna Mae Perkins Bollman. He died Nov. 24, 1979 and is buried in Smithfield Cemetery, Volney, IA.
Cpl. Bollman served in World War II with the U.S. Army as a Medic.
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Leo E. Bollman was born Jan. 25, 1922 to Ira Sankey and Edna Mae Perkins Bollman. He died July 1, 2008 and is buried in Smithfield Cemetery, Volney, IA.
Sgt. Bollman served in World War with the U.S. Army Air Corps 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. He was also awarded his glider pilot wings. He became a radioman/belly gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress, ‘Black Sheep’, and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Battle Star.
Source: ancestry.com
Beacher Eli Bollman was born Aug. 21, 1916 to Charles Ransom and Etta Mabel Deal Bollman. He died Jan. 24, 2010 and is buried in IOOF Cemetery, Rossville, IA.
Beacher served in World War II with the U.S. Army 30th Infantry in Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
Elmer Floyd Boltz was born Jan. 15, 1927 to Theodore E. and Louise S. Meyer Boltz. He died June 17, 1984 and is buried in Beaver Grove Cemetery, New Hartford, IA.
Elmer served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Ralph Arthur Borter was born Decl. 3, 1920 to Arthur Adolph and Charlotte Meier Borter. He died Sept. 9, 1999 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon, IA.
Sgt. Borter served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Albert Sidney Bowen, Sr. was born July 28, 1879 to Daniel H. and Nettie Burns Bowen. He died Apr. 18, 1967 and is buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, CA.
Col. Bowen served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He also served in the Spanish-American War and WWI. Dr. Bowen was stationed at various hospitals in the U.S. until his mandatory retirement at the age of 64.
Source: ancestry.com
Albert Sidney Bowen, Jr. was born Jan. 4, 1916 to Albert Sidney (Sr.) and Phoebe Jane Moyer. He died Mar. 23, 2002 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Lt. Col. Bowen served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps Ninth Air Force in the European Theater of Operations. He was a pilot of the A-20 and A-20G Light Bombers, flying 65 missions, of which two were on D-Day. He also served in Korea and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 12 Oak Leaf Clusters, and 3 Commendation Medals along with many other medals during his 23 year career.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jun 2019