Boyd John R.

Monuments

First Infantry Division - Meuse Argonne

Name:

John R. Boyd

Rank:

Private

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Unit:

26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-10-01

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France

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Comments:

Son of Charles and Martha Boyd. Entered service 3-29-1918. Sent overseas July 1918; assigned to Company A, 26th Infantry Div. Took part in the Battle of St. Mihiel. KIA in the Battle of the Argonne Forest. Buried in the American Battle Area, Exermont, Ardennes, France.

Source: Gold Star Honor Roll, A Record of the Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918, published by the Indiana Historical Commission, 1921.