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Personal info

Full name
BOORAS, Theodore
Date of birth
21 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33418793
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 45

Immediate family

Members
John Booras (father)
Concetta (Pocaroba) Booras (mother)
Henry Booras (brother)
Eda M. Booras (sister)
Steven A. Booras (brother)
John N. Booras (brother)

More information

Pfc Theodore Booras worked as a waiter in the family restaurant before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 4 January 1943.

He was taken prisoner and died in a German POW camp. The exact location is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrav.com - Andy / Markann