US PARAS Boyce, Ray Lyman

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Boyce ​

• FORENAME

Ray Lyman​

• UNIT

517 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

37566639 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th February 1945 ​

• AGE

28​

• GRAVESITE

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium Plot E Row 8 Grave 3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota​

born 07.05.1916 Germantown, Marshall County, Minnesota, USA​

father Chester Edgar Boyce (1891-1972)​

mother Alice Elizabeth (nee Embser) Gess (1892-1956)​

graduated Thief River Falls High School​

1939 married Lenore Irene (nee Mauch) (1913-2011)​

resided 3045 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota (draft card)​

16.10.1940 draft card Minneapolis, Minnesota​

07.06.1943 entered service​

Next of kin - Mrs. Alice E.B. Gess, 423 East 16th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota​

award Silver Star (as Private)​

KIA Belgium​

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