Name:
Ray Bost
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
38603861
Unit:
317th Regiment, 80th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-11-28
State:
Arkansas
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Département de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Plot:
J
Row:
25
Grave:
25
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Ray Bost was born in 1917 in Conway County, Arkansas. He was the son of Jesse J. Bost and Pearl L. Summers McCoy. He was the husband of Freda Irene Brents Parnell. He served in the 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, as a Private First Class during World War II.
PFC Bost was Killed in Action on November 28, 1944, during the liberation of Seingbouse, France. He is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Département de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, weremember.abmc.gov