Title
Lieutenant Colonel William Eugene Boles
Subject
World War II
United States. Marine Corps
Description
Lt. Col. William E. Boles died on August 1, 1943, while serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific. Col. Boles was a graduate of Tuscaloosa High School and of the University of Alabama. Col. Boles was the husband of Mrs. William E Boles and the father of Lawrence Eugene and Mary Claire Boles.
A second obituary for Lt. Col. Boles can be found in the August 28, 1943, Birmingham News. The obituary can be purchased from this site: http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/formProc/obituaries?atnum=20759#a_189606.
A photo of Col. Boles can be found in the book All of Us Fought the War: The University of Alabama and Its Men and Women in World War II by Delbert Reed.
A photo Col. Boles' grave can be found at this site: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134286489/william-eugene-boles.
A second obituary for Lt. Col. Boles can be found in the August 28, 1943, Birmingham News. The obituary can be purchased from this site: http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/formProc/obituaries?atnum=20759#a_189606.
A photo of Col. Boles can be found in the book All of Us Fought the War: The University of Alabama and Its Men and Women in World War II by Delbert Reed.
A photo Col. Boles' grave can be found at this site: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134286489/william-eugene-boles.
Source
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Birmingham News
Find A Grave
Date
August 1, 1943
Contributor
Brenda Harris (Description)
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Newspaper
Hyperlink
Book
Identifier
2232
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Newspaper