Home
Memorials
Contact Us
Ronald O. Boston
First Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces

 Wyoming State > Wyoming POWs > State At Large, Army and AAF > Ronald O. Boston

Ronald O. Boston

First Sergeant,
U.S. Army Air Forces

Service #6570341

Assigned to the U.S Army Air Corps,
27th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group
Died on September 7, 1944
While In Prisoner of War Status
Awards: Purple Heart

1 SG Boston entered the US Army Air Corps from Nebraska
and his loss is recorded in the
Wyoming World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 4,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is engraved on the
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines,
and is listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946

SERIAL NUMBER
6570341
NAME
BOSTON RONALD O
GRADE, ALPHA
First Sergeant
SERVICE CODE
ARMY
ARM OR SERVICE
Air Corps
DATE REPORT
5/7/1942
RACE
WHITE
STATE OF RESIDENCE
Wyoming
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
 S10 (Undefined Code or Value)
PARENT UNIT NUMBER
 20 (Undefined Code or Value)
PARENT UNIT TYPE
 6 Group/Regiment/Commands/System
AREA
Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
LATEST REPORT DATE
9/7/1944
SOURCE OF REPORT
Sources considered official.
STATUS
Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape
DETAINING POWER
JAPAN
CAMP
Philippines Unstated Philippines 14-121
REP
 (No Data Entered)
POW TRANSPORT SHIPS
Shinyo Maru, Sank 7 September 1944
Online Related Information:
Sinking of the Shinyo Maru, by the USS Paddle, SS 263, from submarinesailor.com/

Note: The National Archives POW Data File for 1 SG Boston indicates 'Wyoming' as his State of Residence and the American Battle Monuments Commission website list that he entered the service from 'Nebraska'. However, his Army Serial Number Merged File, list the 'Residence-State' as 'South Dakota’, his 'Native State' as 'Kansas', and Place of Enlistment as 'Raeford North Carolina'. The different data could indicate that his next-of-kin was residing in Wyoming at time of notification and resulted in his name being added to the Wyoming WWII Honor Roll instead of the South Dakota, Kansas, or Nebraska WWII Honor Roll. Last updated 31 July 2013.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER
6570341
NAME
BOSTON RONALD O
RESIDENCE: STATE
SOUTH DAKOTA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY
WASHINGTON
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
RAEFORD NORTH CAROLINA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
8/2/1939
GRADE, ALPHA
  #, Undefined Code
BRANCH: CODE
  55, Undefined Code
TERM OF ENLISTMENT
  7, Enlistment for the Philippine Department
LONGEVITY
  (No Data Entered)
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL
  #, Undefined Code
NATIVITY
KANSAS
YEAR OF BIRTH
55(Possible error, could not be 1855 or 1955)
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP
  #, Undefined Code
EDUCATION
Post-graduate
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
  550, Undefined Code
MARITAL STATUS
Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY
Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #
#, 0033, 1.1017
Online Related Information:
No Additional Data Available at This Time


 Wyoming State > Wyoming POWs > State At Large, Army and AAF > Ronald O. Boston