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Personal info

Full name
BUSER, Wilbur Stanley
Date of birth
21 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
New Cumberland, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33926526
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Just north of the Wiesenbach road
High ground southeast of St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 8 36

Immediate family

Members
Harry W. Buser (father)
Della M. Buser (mother)
Melvin Buser (brother)
Rose (Leo) Buser (wife)

More information

Pfc. Wilbur S. Buser graduated from Steelton High School in 1938 and was employed at the Steelton plant of Bethlehem Steel Company.

He enlisted on 22 March 1944 and trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama and Fort Meade, Maryland. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Pfc Buser was killed by shot wounds in the chest and legs.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 1 February 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 31 July 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, 7thArmoredDivision, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph