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Full name
BOYDEN, Samuel Eberly
Date of birth
21 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35523817
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
B Company,
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Schirmeck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 25

Immediate family

Members
Howard W. Boyden (father)
Maude (Eberly) Boyden (mother)
Howard E. Boyden (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Samuel E. Boyden graduated from Andover High School and attended Wilcox College of Commerce. He was employed at the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 28 November 1942.

S/Sgt Boyden's unit encountered a roadblock as they attempted to enter the town of Schirmeck. Being in the second tank he fired on the roadblock and blew it away. However, he had to dismount the tank to clear the barrel of the gun and was then killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Family, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Michael and Anna Maria Henderson Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Patti Johnson