MEDFORD, March 25 --- The body of Pfc William V. Boehler
Jr.. 24, of 19 Lawrence rd who was killed . in Korea Jan 5, the day before
he was scheduled to be relieved, will arrive home tomorrow at Medford station.
An honor guard of Medford veterans' units will meet the train and accompany the casket to the Dello Russo Funeral Home.
Services will be held Monday at 10 a. m. in St. Francis of Assisi Church. Burial will be in Oak
Grove Cemetery.
Pfc Boehler had been awarded the Bronze Star a short time before
suffering his fatal wound. A native. of Revere, he attended Malden schools. He played baseball for the DeMolay and Malden City Club,
he joined the Army two years ago and volunteered for the paratroops, he went overseas in September 1952 with the 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team.
He leaves his father. William v., and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Zamparelli and Jeanne M. Boehler. |