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Bohon, Boyd, Cpl.
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Home Town Saint George
Date of Passing Apr 21, 1990
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CORPORAL BOYD BOHON WAS EMPLOYED AS A TRUCK DRIVER NEAR HIS HOME IN SAINT GEORGE, TUCKER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON 20 FEBRUARY 1943. ON 30 JULY 1943 HE WAS SENT TO EUROPE WHERE HE FOUGHT IN THE NAPLES-FOGIA AND ROME-ARNO CAMPAIGNS AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY WOUNDED DURING THAT TIME ON 1 JANUARY 1944. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATED INFORMATION ON THE UNIT HE HAD SERVED WITH DURING THAT TIME BUT HE FINISHED OUT THE WAR WITH SERVICE COMPANY 38TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION, 7TH ARMORED DIVISION WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGNS. AFTER SERVING 2 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS IN EUROPE AS A HALF TRACK DRIVER CPL BOHON WAS SENT HOME AND DISCHARGED ON 16 OCTOBER 1945. NO INFO IS KNOWN BETWEEN THAT TIME AND HIS DEATH ON 21 APRIL 1990 IN SAINT AUGUSTINE FLORIDA.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.