Boston, Charley Andrew

1914 - 2000  (85 years)

• Name	Boston, Charley Andrew
  Birth	1 Sep 1914
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BOST.C001
  _FGRAVE	20803345
  Military Service	World War II, Staff Sergeant, 234th Army Air Forces Base Unit, United States Army Air Forces  [1]
  	Enlisted in The Air Corps and entered active service on March 31, 1942 at Peoria, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Automotive Equipment Operator (014). Departed the continental U.S. on March 1, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Participated in The Air Offensive Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Battle Star and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged from the service and the 234th Army Air Forces Base Unit, Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico, as a Staff Sergeant on October 19, 1945 at the Separation Center, Scott Field, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2010434
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army Air Corps
  		United States Army Air Corps
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		Staff Sergeant (abbreviated as S/Sgt.), United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Boston, Charley A. (1914-2000)
  Death	8 Jun 2000
  Burial	Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I40798	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family	Walker, Mildred I.,   b. 19 May 1922, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois d. 12 Nov 2007, Liberal, Seward County, Kansas (Age 85 years)
  Children	+ 1. Boston, Shelby Jean,   b. 29 Apr 1946, Salem, Marion County, Illinois d. 9 Jun 2013, Texas (Age 67 years)   2. Boston, Vicki L.,   b. 1951   d. 2000 (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F16081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S14867] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Charley A. Boston, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2010434) (Reliability: 2).