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BUSHON, Arthur A - Date of
birth
20 November 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Wayne County, Michigan -
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36521003 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
208th Engineer Combat Battalion
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Awards
unknown
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
21 July 1945 - Place of
death
Berlin, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 11 | 32 |
Immediate family
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Members
Anthony Bushon (father)
Mary (Detloff) Bushon (mother)
Eleanor Bushon (sister)
Martha Bushon (sister)
Anna Bushon (sister)
Helen Bushon (sister)
Marie Bushon (sister)
Anthony Bushon (brother)
Edward Bushon (brother)
Joan Bushon (sister)
Rita Bushon (sister)
More information
T/5 Arthur A. Bushon enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 3 February 1942.He served in France, Belgium and Germany.
The circomstances of his death were as follows:
In the performance of his duty as guard at a small lake being used by this battalion as a boat club, he had gone with another Private of his company to retrieve a sailboat that had been taken from the boat yard the night before, and abandoned at the opposite end of the small lake. The two men were sailing the boat back to the boat yard, when a sudden change of wind caused the boat to turn over, sending both men into to the water. Pvt Bushon drowned. He was initially buried in Bensheim, Germany.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Laura Phillips, Douglas Halleaux, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Douglas Halleaux