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Bohon, Burley Richard, Cpl.
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Contact Info
Home Town St. George
Date of Passing Mar 17, 2000
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Last Known Activity:
CPL Burley Richard Bohon worked as a carpentery foreman before entering the service on 22 March 1943. He served in Europe with Company B, 53rd Armored Engineer Battalion, 8th Armored Division from 18 November 1944 to 11 June 1945. Burley Bohon passed away on 17 March 2000 and was laid to rest at the Bethel Cemetery in Rachel, WV.
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.
