Boler Charles Edwin

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Charles Edwin Boler is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

740th ''Daredevil'' Tank Battalion Monument

Name:

Charles Edwin Boler

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

38371563

Unit:

740th Tank Battalion

Date of Death:

1945-02-02

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay Township, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Plot:

Section 84

Row:

Grave:

Site 132

Decoration:

American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Charles Edwin Boler was born on June 29, 1923, in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. He was the son of William Eugene "Billy" Boler Sr. and Lois Pearl Morris Boler. He was married to Bobbie Ribble and entered the army in 1943. Sgt Boler served in the United States Army with the 740th Tank Battalion in World War II. Known as the �Daredevil Tankers�, the 740th was a separate battalion that fought from Utah Beach all the way to the Baltic Sea in support of various divisions of the US war effort.

Sgt Boler was Killed in Action on February 2, 1945, in Germany. He is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay Township, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA.

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