MARS TASK FORCE Boston, Harvey C.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Boston ​

• FORENAME

Harvey C. ​

• UNIT

475th Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

35696980 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

4th September 1944 ​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery, Philippines Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Washington County, Indiana​

born 28.12.1923​

father Delbert L. Boston (1897-1953)​

mother Ora L. (nee Fisher) Boston (1897-1974)​

education Grammar School​

civil occupation unskilled construction​

single with dependents​

enlisted 15.02.1943, Louisville, Kentucky​

award Bronze Star​

died (non battle) (apparently was on raft in Northern Burma and fell overboard. Could not swim and drowned.​

remembered on parents grave Mount Carmel Cemetery, Fredricksburg, Indiana, USA​

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