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Personal info

Full name
BUELL, Seaton
Date of birth
6 December 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15382520
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tendon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 28 10

Immediate family

Members
Charles S. Buell (father)
Adelaide G. (Smyth) Buell (mother)
Kennedy Buell (brother)

More information

Sgt Seaton Buell volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 5 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his neck and shoulder.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / Cook County, Illinois Birth Certificates Index / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / https://ldr.lafayette.edu/concern/images/1g05fc872