WWII · Battle Death Record
George Boyce
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army · New York
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- George Boyce
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 112th Cavalry Regimental Combat Team
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- July 23, 1944
- Awards
- Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon
- Burial / Memorial
- Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Grave
- Plot A, Row 4, Grave 189
Their story
On July 23, 1944, near Afua in Dutch New Guinea, 2nd Lt. Boyce threw himself upon an enemy-thrown hand grenade and smothered the blast with his own body, sacrificing his life to protect the soldiers around him. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on April 7, 1945, for this act of gallantry.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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