Charles Roscoe Boones was born on 19 March 1912 in Limestone, Tennessee
Died 21 October 1944
Buried at New Victory Baptist Church cemetery
Private First Class
19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Company H
The Johnson City Press, 4 February 1949
Funeral for Pfc. Charles R. Boone, whose body is expected to arrive in Johnson City, will be held at the New Victory Baptist Church, near Telford. A brother of Mrs. Wiley Bell of near Jonesboro, who survives him, Private Boone was killed in action October 21, 1944, on Leyte, Philippine Islands. He was a member of the 19th Infantry Division, having received his basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. Private Boone, who was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of Washington College, also is survived by two brothers, Lee Boone of Erwin, and Wayne Boone of Jonesboro; two half-brothers, J.B. Furches of Johnson City and Robert Furches of Jonesboro.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 19 March 1912
- Date of death: 21 October 1944
- County: Washington
- Hometown: Jonesboro
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: New Victory Baptist Church cemetery, Washington County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XIX, Top Panel
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