Name:
William Wiltshire, Jr. Bomar
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
301427
Unit:
1st Marines
Date of Death:
1941-12-10
State:
California
Cemetery:
Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Plot:
Section 13
Row:
Grave:
Site 232
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
William Wiltshire Bomar, Jr. was born on April 15, 1922, in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. He attended Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles. At the time of his death, he was serving in the Insular Patrol of the United States Marine Corps in Guam during World War II. He died as a POW on December 10, 1941, in the Japanese-captured Marine Barracks Naval Station of Guam.