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Personal info

Full name
BOULWARE, Charles R
Date of birth
25 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri
Hometown
Livingston County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37513544
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ospel, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Boulware (father)
Eugenia Boulware (mother)
Mary Boulware (sister)
Louise Boulware (sister)
Dorothy Boulware (sister)

More information

Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Boulware, 709 Locust Street, received a message from the War Department advising them that their son, Pvt Charles Boulware, had been killed in action in France on November 3. Pvt Boulware, familiarly known to his friends as 'Pete' was born and reared in Chillicothe. He attended the Chillicothe High School and prior to induction was employed at the One Stop Service Station, for six years.
He was inducted into the armed services March 4 at Leavenworth, Kansas and was assigned to an armored division at Camp Campbell, Kentucky for his basic training.

He is commemorated on a monument unveiled in Ospel, the Netherlands on 6 November 2019 in memory of the American soldiers who fell during the liberation of the town.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Jac Engels, The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, 7tharmddiv.org