Roger John Boender was born on July 10, 1932, in Lansing, Illinois. He was the son of John C. Boender and Cornelia Van Schouwen Boender. He moved in February 1949 with his parents to Oskaloosa, Iowa. Roger served in Company C, 821st Engineer Aviation Battalion, as a Private First Class during World War II.

PFC Boender died on November 6, 1954, as a result of injuries suffered when he was caught between a grader and Caterpillar on Evreux Air Base in France. The accident happened while he was participating in a 1955 construction conversation of Evreux from wartime to a full-time US Air Force installation.

PFC Boender is now buried in the Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA. A trailer park in Evreux was named "Boenderville" in his honor.

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