Albert Boyer
Albert Boyer
Rank: Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Serial: 12076757
Unit: 374th Bomber Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, Heavy
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died: , Foggia, Italy
Burial: Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Sergeant Albert Boyer was born in September of 1925 to Charles and Nellie Boyer of Camden, NJ. According to the 1930 Census, Charles Boyer had come to America from Poland in 1906; his wife Nellie arrived in 1913 from Russia. The Boyers married around 1915 and lived in Pennsylvania through 1918. By 1921 the family had moved to New Jersey. The family lived at 135 State Street in Camden, NJ as of 1930, when Charles Boyer was working in a hardwood shop as a finisher. They later moved to 17 South 36th Street in East Camden. The family included sisters Helen and Jennie, and brothers William F. and Frederick.
Albert Boyer was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, NJ. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, and was working for the research division of Cities Service Oil Company (present-day CITGO) on Petty’s Island when he enlisted in the Army Air Forces in October of 1943.
Albert Boyer was killed in action over Foggia, Italy on December 10, 1944, when the B-17 bomber he was serving in, nicknamed the Lady Lynn, went down. He was survived by his mother and siblings.
Albert Boyer was brought home after the war. He was buried at Gettysburg National Cemetery in Gettysburg, PA in 1949.
Sgt. Albert Boyer Rites To Be in Gettysburg
Camden Courier-Post —
Services and burial for Sgt. Albert Boyer, 19, of 17 South Thirty-sixth street, who was killed in action over Foggia, Italy, Dec. 10, 1944, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Gettysburg national cemetery.
Sergeant Boyer was the son of Mrs. Nellie Boyer and the late Charles Boyer, who died Nov. 10, 1948. He was serving with the 374th Bomber Squadron of the 99th Bomb Group when he was killed.
The sergeant, a former student at Woodrow Wilson High school and Temple university, was employed in the research division of Cities Service Oil Co., Pettys Island, before he entered the Air Force in October, 1943.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Helen Zinn, Wilmington, Del., and Mrs. Jennie Buchanan, Camden, and two brothers, William, Camden, and Frederick Boyer, Trenton.
Photos
Albert Boyer, middle row, third from left
The Lady Lynn
17 South 36th Street, Camden, NJ — December 7, 2002. The Boyer family lived here during the 1940s.