Second Lieutenant Edwin Berherd Boehme “ Ned” was born on Feb 17th, 1924 in Rochester, New York. His parents are Raymond Martin Boehme and Ruth F McArthur. Raymond was born on Aug 6th, 1890 in New York and died on May 3rd , 1971 in Rochester, New York. His occupation was a commercial traveler. Ruth was born on Aug 9th, 1893 in New York and died on Jul 31st, 1929 in Rochester, New York. Edwin’s siblings are Robert, John and Marie Boehme.

Edwin enlisted on Dec 1st, 1942 in Rochester, New York . His highest education was that he graduated from high school and his employer was Stromberg Carlson Telephone Company. Edwin served in the army air forces with the unit 782nd bomber squadron, 465th bomber group, heavy. His service number is 0-699390. Edwin died on Jun 6th, 1944 at sea . Edwin was commemorated in Sicily and Rome, Italy cemetery and his last known status was missing. The airplane was on a bombing mission over Romania . On the way back, one of the engines was noticed to be damaged and the plane crashed into the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Yugoslavia. Edwin was awarded with the purple heart and the air medal.

Sources ancestry.com

findagrave.com Democrate and chronicles Aug 3rd, 1944

World War 1 draft card for his father

World War 2 young man draft card 1920 cense New York birth index

Written by Sierra Paul This story is part of the Stories Behind the Stars project ( see www.storiesbehindthestars.org). This is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 400,000+ of the US WW2 fallen here on Fold3. Can you help write these stories? Related to this, there will be a smart phone app that will allow people to visit any war memorial or cemetery, scan the fallen’s name and read his/her story.

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