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 9 Apr 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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