Rank and Name, Captain Edgar Clayton Boggs.
Unit/Placed in, 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division.
Edgar was born approx. on April 21, 1918 in Delaware.
Father, Edgar J. Boggs (1958).
Mother, Lettie D. Boggs (Vaughn) ( 1971).
Brothers, James C. (1993), Calvin J. Boggs (1993).
Edgar enlisted the service at Delaware with serial number # O-24060.
Edgar was a (Comp. B Commander) in the 20th Infantry Regiment.
Edgar was KIA when his Observation Post got hit by a enemy shell on Luzon, on Feb 5, 1945, he is honored with a Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Edgar is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Lakeside Cemetery
Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA.
Thanks to http://www.1-20infantry.org/ 6th http://6thinfantry.com/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
