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Personal info

Full name
BUCKNER, Hoyt
Date of birth
25 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
Hometown
Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34884745
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Montdidier, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 15 23

Immediate family

Members
Walter C. Buckner (father)
Lillie Buckner (mother)
Gerdie Buckner (sister)
Elmer Buckner (brother)
Isabell Buckner (sister)
Earl Buckner (brother)
Ralph Buckner (brother)
Henry Buckner (brother)
Cecil Buckner (brother)
Robert Buckner (brother)

More information

Pfc Hoyt Buckner was employed at the Cleveland Chair Company before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 7 September 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and shoulder.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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