Raymond A Boulter was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Boulter of Route 5 in Tyler, Texas.  His father was a County Superintendent.  He had a brother named Robert who served in the Marine Corps, and another brother named Randall who served in the Army.  He also had sister named Alice Jane.  Raymond graduated from the Tyler High School, Tyler Junior College, and the Sam Houston State Teachers Colleges.  
Raymond entered the service on 20 December 1941.  On 30 May 1942, he married Frances Nerren, and she was able to live with Raymond when he was staioned in Florida. They had a son named Raymond Boulton Jr. who was ten months old in May of 1944.  Their second son, William Perry, was born in 1944.  He was the Pilot of a B-17 crew that would ultimately be assigned to the 359th Bomber Squadron of the 303rd Bomber Group.  Just before he shipped to Europe, he brought his entire crew to Tyler where they stayed with Raymond’s parents.
They shipped overseas in October of 1944At 13.00 on 10 November 1944, the crew was shot down near Hennef, Germany and Ramond was killed in the crash.  Another member of the crew, Lewis Ficken, is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery.  The remaining members of the crew were all taken prisoner.
Information from the Tyler Courier Times of 26 March 1944 p31, 7 May 1944 p26, and 13 January 1946 p4, Tyler Morning Telegraph of 31 March 1945 p7, all courtesy of Erwin Derhaag