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Personal info

Full name
SCOBEY, Wilfley Jr "Buck"
Date of birth
1926
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Middlesex County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
11092255
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
343rd Infantry Regiment,
86th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 13 17

Immediate family

Members
Wilfley Scobey (father)
Ruth (Dash) Scobey (mother)
Robert Scobey (brother)

More information

Pfc Wilfley Scobey Jr. was a student at the Deep River High School, Deep River, Connecticut, in 1943. He was a good piano player. He was also interested in taxidermy.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 / Scobey Family Tree, http://www.fold3.com/page/2067_wwii_europe/stories/#6837/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012