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Personal info

Full name
BOELZLE, Frederick G
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
06717295
Rank
Master Sergeant
Function
Transportation NCO
Unit
Service Company,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division,
Maintenance Section
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sourbrodt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 4 67

Immediate family

Members
Irene Boelzle (wife)

More information

M/Sgt Frederick G. Boelzle attended college for one year and worked in the amusement, recreation, and motion picture bussiness.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 26 September 1939.

M/Sgt Boelzle was killed during an aerial attack on the bivouac area of the maintenance section.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.16thinfantry.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate