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Personal info

Full name
BUSSEAR, Max H
Date of birth
7 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Randolph County, Indiana
Hometown
Randolph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35569480
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Heerlen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 7 5

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Bussear (father)
Minerva E. (Fields) Bussear (mother)
Raymond Bussear (brother)
Lanson S. Bussear (brother)
Irene Bussear (sister)
Charles Bussear (brother)
Juanita Bussear (sister)
Maxine Bussear (sister)
Albert Bussear (brother)
Doris E. Bussear (wife)

More information

Max H. Bussear enlisted on 1 December 1942 and was sent overseas on 11 September 1944.

Sgt Bussear was wounded in action by an artillery blast, east of Geilenkirchen, Germany on 18 November 1944 and died on 19 November 1944 in Heerlen, The Netherlands.

He was buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on the day of his death. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 27 January 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com - Helen Bussear, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Hospital Admission Card, www.newspapers.com - Palladium-Item, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Palladium-Item