COL FRANK D. BOYD

Col. Frank D. Boyd enlisted in the Kansas National Guard on October 2, 1932, first serving as a Private in Headquarters Troop, 114th Cavalry Regiment at Topeka. He served in the Headquarters Troop throughout the entire war period where he was promoted to First Sergeant in 1938. He entered the commissioned ranks on September 1, 1940. He was a member of the 127th Field Artillery, 35th Infantry Division, when it was mobilized for federal service on December 23, 1940.

Boyd remained with the 35th Infantry Division until 1942, when he began parachute training. Upon its completion, he became a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and remained with the 82nd throughout the remainder of the war.

After the war, he rejoined the Kansas National Guard in 1947 as a Major, assisting with the reorganization of the Guard. He became a full-time Administrative Assistant in the Operating Headquarters of the 35th Division and was actively involved in the drive to purchase the present property where the Kansas National Guard is now headquartered. Following this purchase and the planning of the Nickell Memorial Armory, Boyd was directed to develop an Officer Candidate School. He organized the school and served as both an administrator and instructor. He resigned as Administrative Assistant in 1953, to engage in private business, but remained on the 35th Division staff for an additional ten years as Assistant G-2, Assistant Chief of Staff, Inspector General, and G-2. Colonel Boyd retired in 1963 after more than 30 years of military service.