PRIVATE JOHN OTTO BOYSON
was born in Camden, New Jersey. The son of Mrs. Anna L. Boyson of 629
Birch
Street, he
enlisted on May 14, 1917, and was sent to Fort Slocum NY, and assigned
to Company B, 57th Infantry Regiment. Later he was transferred to
Company D, Casualty Department, Medical Unit, at Fort Jay NY, and from
this camp he was sent overseas in September of 1917.
Although it
was reported that Private First Class Boyson died from peritonitis, Army
records indicate that it was due to a heart condition that he died from on October 5,
1918
at American Hospital No. 1, in France. He was a member of Company D, Casualty
Department, Medical Unit, and was assigned to the hospital where his
death occurred.
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