Soldiers Grave
Pearl Rivers
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.
Soldiers Grave
Pearl Rivers
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.
Inscription
Military marker:
'ALTON RAYBURN BOSHERS"
"SP5 US ARMY"
"OCT. 21, 1939 SEP 21, 1976"
triple stone:
'ALTON R. BOSHERS"
"1939 - 1976"
Gravesite Details
triple stone shared with RUTH C. & HUEY G. BOSHERS
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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