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ALBERT GEORGE BOYER
Born: 1924
Seaman Second Class, United States Navy
Service# 3686617
USS BOISE (CL-47)
Brooklyn-class light cruiser, commissioned August 12, 1938
Date of Enlistment: May 21, 1941
Home or Place of Enlistment: Buhl, Idaho
Date of Loss: October 12, 1942
Killed in Action during combat operations against Imperial Japanese Forces
at the Battle of Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal Campaign.
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