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Personal info

Full name
BUZZARD, Hampton
Date of birth
14 June 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Bunch, Adair County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Nicut, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
38147715
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 November 1945
Place of death
Gressenich-Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Berry J. Buzzard (father)
Nancy (Pettit) Buzzard (mother)
James C. Buzzard (brother)
Raymond H. Buzzard (brother)
Carta Buzzard (sister)
Sherry M. Buzzard (sister)
Jack Buzzard (brother)
Felix Buzzard (brother)
Edmond Buzzard (brother)
G.T. Buzzard (brother)
Colleen (Reed) Buzzard (wife)
Shirley J. Buzzard (daughter)

More information

Pvt Hampton Buzzard enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 26 February 1944.

He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Hampton Buzzard was a member of the Cherokee Nation.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Census / Family Trees, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten