US PARAS Alexander, Boyd Allen

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Alexander ​

• FORENAME

Boyd Allen​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A) ​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-540729 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th September 1944 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 14 Grave 7 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hutchinson County, Texas​

born 16.05.1923, Webb City, Oklahoma​

father Edgar George Alexander (1894-1956)​

mother Emma E. (nee Dobkins) Alexander (1898-1926)​

1940 graduated Phillips High School​

entered service 24.10.1942 Roswell, New Mexico​

Private ((18059587) Cavalry​

KIA Nijmegen, Holland ​

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