Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Bo- surnames |
Otto P. Boettcher was born Jan. 4, 1920 to Otto Hubert and Emma Boettcher. He died Nov. 8, 1942 and is buried in Storm Lake Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA.
Sgt. Boettcher served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Roy Melvern “Mel” Boggs was born Aug. 28, 1918 to Roy Melvern and Mabel Angeline Mitchell Boggs. He died Sept. 8, 2009 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Capt. Boggs served with the U.S. Air Force in World War II and Korea. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal and 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Source: ancestry.com
Arlie Mead Bolich, Jr. was born June 1, 1928 to Arlie Mead (Sr.) and Ethel Jeanette Olson Bolich. He died June 26, 1949 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Petty Officer Bolich served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Eugene Arthur Booth was born Jan. 16, 1909 to Arthur H. and Anna K. Booth. He died Mar. 4, 1990 and is buried in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, Galesburg, IL.
Eugene served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Eugene Booth was born Jan. 18, 1914 to Walter William and Martina Lowrey Booth. He died in 1961 and is buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
2nd Lt. Booth served in World War II with the U.S. Army 20th Infantry, 6th Division, 8th Infantry, 4th Division and 16th Infantry, 1st Division on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
Sources: ancestry.com; americandday.org
William Lynn Borland was born June 21, 1927 to Arthur and Maude Estelle Jorgenson Borland. He died Feb. 14, 2019 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Borland served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Michael “Mike” Bosovich was born Feb. 4, 1919 to Peter and Mildred Vignovich Bosovich He died Sept. 8, 2003 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Pvt. Bosovich served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
James Everett Bowman was born Oct. 25, 1922 to Floyd and Adelaide Eaves Bowman. He died Jan. 13, 2014 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Flight Officer Bowman served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Arthur Sydney Boyd was born July 25, 1921 to Waldo S. and Stella M. Reid Boyd. He died July 25, 1943 and is buried in Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands.
Sgt. Boyd served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, Heavy and was MIA/KIA in the European Theatre. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
Michael J. Bozenik was born Apr. 8, 1917. He died Jan. 31, 1943 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Cpl. Bozenik served in World War II with the U.S. Army Infantry.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2019; updated Jun, Jul & Aug 2020 & Jul 2022 & Jul 2023