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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
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During the funeral service, the brothers were posthumously awarded three Bronze Star Medals, one Air Medal, and one Good
Conduct Medal. According to Colonel Leonard R. Crews, "commanding officer of the Sixth Army escort detachment at Ogden," the Borgstrom family was the "only four-star
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Alben and Gunda
Borgstrom were the parents of ten children, seven of whom were boys. In 1921, their son Veran died from a ruptured appendix at the age of nine. The other six boys attended Bear River High School in
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and others, may have contributed to the development of this policy. The loss of four of the
Borgstrom brothers, along with the loss of all five Sullivan brothers, led to the official adoption of the
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in their honor. In August 2001, a soldiers' memorial was dedicated in
Tremonton, Utah, which had the images and names of the brothers in a place of prominence.
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were in attendance. The brothers were then buried side by side in the Riverview Cemetery in
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561:"The Borgstrom Family Story"
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123:Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
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322:Rulon Jay Borgstrom
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245:Cause of death
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187:Cause of death
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435:Ned Schramm
351:Guadalcanal
300:Guadalcanal
224:May 5, 1925
166:May 5, 1925
729:Categories
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