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BUSKIRK, Jack Laverne - Date of
birth
12 November 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming -
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39315080 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
Truck Driver, Light -
Unit
C Company,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
23 February 1945 - Place of
death
Broich, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Evan A. Buskirk (father)
Cordella V. (Betts) Buskirk (mother)
Arthur L. Burkirk (brother)
Frank J. Buskirk (brother)
Sylvia F. Buskirk (sister)
Ralph B. Buskirk (brother)
Theodore W. Buskirk (brother)
Benjamin W. Buskirk (brother)
Laura J. Buskirk (sister)
Thelma Buskirk (sister)
More information
T/5 Jack Buskirk was a truck driver.He enlisted on 15 August 1942 in Portland, Oregon.
T/5 Buskirk was reported missing in action after the crossing of the Rur River near Broich.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / WWII Draft Cards, Easter Shore Brentt - 8 June 2017
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Terri Koomen