Dixie Frank Boggess Jr. | American Battle Monuments Commission

Korean War

Service #	18035744
Unit	K CO 17 INF 7 DIV
Rank	Sergeant First Class U.S. Army
Date of Death	October 19 1952
Status	Missing In Action
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 4 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

K CO 17 INF 7 DIV

Bronze Star

Korean Service Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Purple Heart

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Republic of Korea War Service Medal

United Nations Service Medal

Combat Infantryman Badge

For his leadership and valor, Sergeant First Class Boggess was awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Notes

Sergeant First Class Boggess was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 19, 1952. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.