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Personal info

Full name
BUCK, Joseph L
Date of birth
1926
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Garland County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38732658
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Near Mülheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 24

Immediate family

Members
Homer F. Buck (father)
Ina L. (Cox) Buck (mother)
James R. Buck (brother)
Frank E. Buck (brother)
John B. Buck (brother)
Jack O. Buck (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph L. Buck attended Hot Springs High School.

He enlisted at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas on 25 September 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York - 4 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hot Springs High School 1944