U.S. Army Veteran, WW II, KIA
Pvt., 8th Inf., 8th Inf. Div.
Nicknames: Golden Arrow Division; formerly called the Pathfinder Division
Slogan: These are my credentials.
James Ralph Boyd was born December 20, 1921, to James Otto and Nannie May (Fountain) Boyd. He married Hazel May Greathouse, on June 11, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. At the time, he was a farmer residing in Tonica, La Salle County, Illinois, and Hazel was a resident of Granville, Putnam County, Illinois. They had three sons: Richard Ralph Boyd, born in 1940, Larry Joe Boyd, born in ____ , and Ronald William Boyd, born in 1944.
Boyd served as a Private, with the U.S. Army 8th Infantry, 8th Infantry Division, in the ETO during WW II. An excerpt from the Center for Military History, United States Army, 8th Infantry Division, Combat Chronicle, at history.army.mil:
"After training in Ireland the 8th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, 4 July 1944, and entered combat on the 7th. Fighting through the hedgerows, it crossed the Ay River, 26 July, pushed through Rennes, 8 August, and attacked Brest in September. The Crozon Peninsula was cleared, 19 September, and the Division drove across France to Luxembourg, moved to the Hurtgen Forest, 20 November, cleared Hurtgen on the 28th and Brandenburg, 3 December, and pushed on to the Roer."
Pvt. Boyd was Killed In Action, in Germany, on November 30, 1944. His remains were returned home almost four years later, arriving in Granville, on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.
Funeral services were held by the Granville VFW and the American Legion, on Sunday, November 7, 1948, at 2:00 p.m., at the Dysart Funeral Chapel, in Granville. Rev. Roy W. Johnson officiated. Howard L. Dysart, Undertaker, conducted the funeral arrangements. Pvt. Boyd was buried alongside fellow veterans, in the Soldiers Field of the Granville Cemetery, in Granville.
Pvt. Boyd was survived by his wife and three sons; his mother, Mrs. Harold Cofoid, of Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois; his father, James O. Boyd, of Tonica, La Salle County, Illinois; two sisters, Mrs. Martha L. Burgess, of Tonica, and Mrs. Thelma L. Woodall, of Santa Monica, California; and two brothers, Wilson C. Boyd, and _____ .
Biography written by Find A Grave member, HJ, # 46937296
Cause of Death Certified By: U.S. Army
Date of Burial: November 7, 1948
Undertaker: H. L. Dysart, Granville
Registrar: S. A. Treudt
Sources:
Burial Permit, Records of the Granville Cemetery, Granville, Illinois
Iowa State Department of Health Marriage
License, June 11, 1940
history.army.mil
The Daily NewsTribune, La Salle[?], Illinois, Thursday, November 4, 1948
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Memorial maintained by:
2nd, HJ, # 46937296
Pvt., 8th Inf., 8th Inf. Div.
Nicknames: Golden Arrow Division; formerly called the Pathfinder Division
Slogan: These are my credentials.
James Ralph Boyd was born December 20, 1921, to James Otto and Nannie May (Fountain) Boyd. He married Hazel May Greathouse, on June 11, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. At the time, he was a farmer residing in Tonica, La Salle County, Illinois, and Hazel was a resident of Granville, Putnam County, Illinois. They had three sons: Richard Ralph Boyd, born in 1940, Larry Joe Boyd, born in ____ , and Ronald William Boyd, born in 1944.
Boyd served as a Private, with the U.S. Army 8th Infantry, 8th Infantry Division, in the ETO during WW II. An excerpt from the Center for Military History, United States Army, 8th Infantry Division, Combat Chronicle, at history.army.mil:
"After training in Ireland the 8th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, 4 July 1944, and entered combat on the 7th. Fighting through the hedgerows, it crossed the Ay River, 26 July, pushed through Rennes, 8 August, and attacked Brest in September. The Crozon Peninsula was cleared, 19 September, and the Division drove across France to Luxembourg, moved to the Hurtgen Forest, 20 November, cleared Hurtgen on the 28th and Brandenburg, 3 December, and pushed on to the Roer."
Pvt. Boyd was Killed In Action, in Germany, on November 30, 1944. His remains were returned home almost four years later, arriving in Granville, on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.
Funeral services were held by the Granville VFW and the American Legion, on Sunday, November 7, 1948, at 2:00 p.m., at the Dysart Funeral Chapel, in Granville. Rev. Roy W. Johnson officiated. Howard L. Dysart, Undertaker, conducted the funeral arrangements. Pvt. Boyd was buried alongside fellow veterans, in the Soldiers Field of the Granville Cemetery, in Granville.
Pvt. Boyd was survived by his wife and three sons; his mother, Mrs. Harold Cofoid, of Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois; his father, James O. Boyd, of Tonica, La Salle County, Illinois; two sisters, Mrs. Martha L. Burgess, of Tonica, and Mrs. Thelma L. Woodall, of Santa Monica, California; and two brothers, Wilson C. Boyd, and _____ .
Biography written by Find A Grave member, HJ, # 46937296
Cause of Death Certified By: U.S. Army
Date of Burial: November 7, 1948
Undertaker: H. L. Dysart, Granville
Registrar: S. A. Treudt
Sources:
Burial Permit, Records of the Granville Cemetery, Granville, Illinois
Iowa State Department of Health Marriage
License, June 11, 1940
history.army.mil
The Daily NewsTribune, La Salle[?], Illinois, Thursday, November 4, 1948
~~~~~~~~~~~
Memorial maintained by:
2nd, HJ, # 46937296
U.S. Army Veteran, WW II, KIA
Pvt., 8th Inf., 8th Inf. Div.
Nicknames: Golden Arrow Division; formerly called the Pathfinder Division
Slogan: These are my credentials.
James Ralph Boyd was born December 20, 1921, to James Otto and Nannie May (Fountain) Boyd. He married Hazel May Greathouse, on June 11, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. At the time, he was a farmer residing in Tonica, La Salle County, Illinois, and Hazel was a resident of Granville, Putnam County, Illinois. They had three sons: Richard Ralph Boyd, born in 1940, Larry Joe Boyd, born in ____ , and Ronald William Boyd, born in 1944.
Boyd served as a Private, with the U.S. Army 8th Infantry, 8th Infantry Division, in the ETO during WW II. An excerpt from the Center for Military History, United States Army, 8th Infantry Division, Combat Chronicle, at history.army.mil:
"After training in Ireland the 8th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, 4 July 1944, and entered combat on the 7th. Fighting through the hedgerows, it crossed the Ay River, 26 July, pushed through Rennes, 8 August, and attacked Brest in September. The Crozon Peninsula was cleared, 19 September, and the Division drove across France to Luxembourg, moved to the Hurtgen Forest, 20 November, cleared Hurtgen on the 28th and Brandenburg, 3 December, and pushed on to the Roer."
Pvt. Boyd was Killed In Action, in Germany, on November 30, 1944. His remains were returned home almost four years later, arriving in Granville, on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.
Funeral services were held by the Granville VFW and the American Legion, on Sunday, November 7, 1948, at 2:00 p.m., at the Dysart Funeral Chapel, in Granville. Rev. Roy W. Johnson officiated. Howard L. Dysart, Undertaker, conducted the funeral arrangements. Pvt. Boyd was buried alongside fellow veterans, in the Soldiers Field of the Granville Cemetery, in Granville.
Pvt. Boyd was survived by his wife and three sons; his mother, Mrs. Harold Cofoid, of Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois; his father, James O. Boyd, of Tonica, La Salle County, Illinois; two sisters, Mrs. Martha L. Burgess, of Tonica, and Mrs. Thelma L. Woodall, of Santa Monica, California; and two brothers, Wilson C. Boyd, and _____ .
Biography written by Find A Grave member, HJ, # 46937296
Cause of Death Certified By: U.S. Army
Date of Burial: November 7, 1948
Undertaker: H. L. Dysart, Granville
Registrar: S. A. Treudt
Sources:
Burial Permit, Records of the Granville Cemetery, Granville, Illinois
Iowa State Department of Health Marriage
License, June 11, 1940
history.army.mil
The Daily NewsTribune, La Salle[?], Illinois, Thursday, November 4, 1948
~~~~~~~~~~~
Memorial maintained by:
2nd, HJ, # 46937296
Pvt., 8th Inf., 8th Inf. Div.
Nicknames: Golden Arrow Division; formerly called the Pathfinder Division
Slogan: These are my credentials.
James Ralph Boyd was born December 20, 1921, to James Otto and Nannie May (Fountain) Boyd. He married Hazel May Greathouse, on June 11, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. At the time, he was a farmer residing in Tonica, La Salle County, Illinois, and Hazel was a resident of Granville, Putnam County, Illinois. They had three sons: Richard Ralph Boyd, born in 1940, Larry Joe Boyd, born in ____ , and Ronald William Boyd, born in 1944.
Boyd served as a Private, with the U.S. Army 8th Infantry, 8th Infantry Division, in the ETO during WW II. An excerpt from the Center for Military History, United States Army, 8th Infantry Division, Combat Chronicle, at history.army.mil:
"After training in Ireland the 8th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, 4 July 1944, and entered combat on the 7th. Fighting through the hedgerows, it crossed the Ay River, 26 July, pushed through Rennes, 8 August, and attacked Brest in September. The Crozon Peninsula was cleared, 19 September, and the Division drove across France to Luxembourg, moved to the Hurtgen Forest, 20 November, cleared Hurtgen on the 28th and Brandenburg, 3 December, and pushed on to the Roer."
Pvt. Boyd was Killed In Action, in Germany, on November 30, 1944. His remains were returned home almost four years later, arriving in Granville, on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.
Funeral services were held by the Granville VFW and the American Legion, on Sunday, November 7, 1948, at 2:00 p.m., at the Dysart Funeral Chapel, in Granville. Rev. Roy W. Johnson officiated. Howard L. Dysart, Undertaker, conducted the funeral arrangements. Pvt. Boyd was buried alongside fellow veterans, in the Soldiers Field of the Granville Cemetery, in Granville.
Pvt. Boyd was survived by his wife and three sons; his mother, Mrs. Harold Cofoid, of Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois; his father, James O. Boyd, of Tonica, La Salle County, Illinois; two sisters, Mrs. Martha L. Burgess, of Tonica, and Mrs. Thelma L. Woodall, of Santa Monica, California; and two brothers, Wilson C. Boyd, and _____ .
Biography written by Find A Grave member, HJ, # 46937296
Cause of Death Certified By: U.S. Army
Date of Burial: November 7, 1948
Undertaker: H. L. Dysart, Granville
Registrar: S. A. Treudt
Sources:
Burial Permit, Records of the Granville Cemetery, Granville, Illinois
Iowa State Department of Health Marriage
License, June 11, 1940
history.army.mil
The Daily NewsTribune, La Salle[?], Illinois, Thursday, November 4, 1948
~~~~~~~~~~~
Memorial maintained by:
2nd, HJ, # 46937296
Inscription
[encircled Christian cross icon]
JAMES R BOYD
ILLINOIS
PVT 8 INF 4 INF DIV
WORLD WAR II
DEC 20 1921 NOV 30 1944
Gravesite Details
Flat granite military marker, in good condition; Observed May 25, 2023
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