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Personal info

Full name
BUCKNER, Clarence Columbus
Date of birth
30 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18081482
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 65

Immediate family

Members
John A. Buckner (father)
Viola (Spencer) Buckner (mother)
Elsie M. Buckner (sister)
Frank W. Buckner (brother)
Pleas M. Buckner (brother)
Irene Buckner (sister)
Clara B. Buckner (sister)

More information

Pfc Clarence C. Buckner volunteered for the Army of the United States in Dallas, Texas on 29 April 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

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 / Jones Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Serrin Galloway