A memorial to those who served in the 116th Infantry Regiment, "The Stonewall Brigade"
Monday, April 24, 2017
SSG Walter Boger
SSG Walter Boger was born in 1921 to Isaac and Sophia (Radke) Boger of Homestead, Kansas. Isaac was a farmer who died in 1926. The youngest of Isaac and Sophia's 5 children, by 1940 Walter was supporting his mother as a clerk in a grocery.
While we don't know at this time when Walter entered the service it appears that he was assigned to I Company 116th Infantry prior to the D-Day landings. On 16 Oct 1944 he was promoted to SSG. From 18 to 27 Dec 1944 he was at the 29th Division Training Center. Returned to I Company, he was killed in action 24 Apr 1945 in the vicinity of Grippel, Germany.
SSG Boger is buried the Netherlands American Cemetery.
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