Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
BUCKLES, Arthur C
Date of birth
21 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Lake County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15128151
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Kesternich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 17

Immediate family

Members
J. Harold Buckles (father)
Hazel Buckles (mother)
Ralph Buckles (brother)
Irwin Buckles (brother)
David Buckles (brother)
Esther Buckles (sister)
Martha Buckles (sister)

More information

Pfc Arthur C. Buckles enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 13 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Bryan Page (nephew), Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Oberlin Alumni Magazine