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Vincent Boughan

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[July 20, 2011]  LINCOLN -- A memorial graveside service for Vincent Boughan, of Lincoln, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at New Union Cemetery, with Ron Otto officiating and military rites by American Legion Post 263. Burial will follow.

Mr. Boughan, 88, died July 13 at 6:50 p.m. at The Christian Village.

Arrangements are by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Boughan was retired from the Illinois attorney general's office.

He served in the U.S. Army and was a prisoner of war during World War II.

He was born on July 12, 1923, in Lincoln. His parents were Vincent H. and Hilma V. Henke Boughan.

He is survived by one brother, Stanley (and Jenny Lou) Boughan of Lincoln; one nephew, Stacy (and Kimberly) Boughan of Mason City; and one niece, Julie (and Bill) Becker of Naples, Fla.

He was a member of Lincoln Christian Church and American Legion Post 263.

He served in combat in North Africa during WWII and then crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy. He was captured during the invasion of Anzio in Italy. He remained a prisoner of war and then was transferred to Germany until the war was over in 1945.

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