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Personal info

Full name
BOESE, James Booker
Date of birth
9 December 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana
Hometown
St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O-1318407
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Company Commander
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
The woods near Brandscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 2

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Boese (father)
Elizabeth M. (Brennan) Boese (mother)
Frank J. Boese (brother)
Rita J. Boese (sister)
Mary A. Boese (sister)
Thomas E. Boese (brother)
Robert Q. Boese (brother)
John R. Boese (brother)
Alan G. Boese (brother)
Winnifred A. (Clemens) Boese (wife)
Jim Bose (son)

More information

1st Lt James B. Boese entered the service in October 1941. He left for overseas duty in August 1944.

Lt. Boese was mortally wounded when his unit ran into a mine field. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy on 2 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Robert Brever Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – St. Cloud Times Minnesota 20 February 1945, 90thDivisionFolders/358thhistorybook/358thhistory.htm

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – St. Cloud Times Minnesota - 20 February 1945