Borgstrom, Boyd Carl, 1921-1975

Born in Thatcher, B-Eldr, Ut on 21 Jul 1921 to Alben Borgstrom and Gunda Elizabeth PETERSEN. Boyd Carl Borgstrom married Melva Priscilla Jean Thomas. He passed away on 3 Jan 1975 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

When Rulon Jay went missing in August 1944, the Borgstrom family, with help from neighbors and a Utah congressional delegation, successfully petitioned for Boyd, the last Borgstrom son in the military, to be released from service. Shortly thereafter, he was transferred home to the United States and discharged by special order of the Commandant of the Marine Corps Alexander Vandegrift. The Borgstrom's youngest son, Eldon, sometimes spelled Elton, who was not yet of enlistment age in 1944, was exempted from military service.