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Personal info

Full name
BUFFUM, Eliot Mansfield Jr
Date of birth
18 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lebanon, Grafton County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31340302
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bois de la Houssière, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 12 46

Immediate family

Members
Eliot M. Buffum (father)
Nellie A. (Streeter) Buffum (mother)
Malcolm S. Buffum (brother)

More information

Pvt Eliot M. Buffum Jr. graduated from Spaulding High School with the class of 1943. After graduation, he qualified for engineering training in one of the army's specialized courses. When the army curtailed the specialized training program he was transferred to the infantry.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / https://36th-id.frb.io / www.newspapers.com - The Burlington Free Press, 22 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, Spaulding High School 1943, Barre, Vermont