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Personal info

Full name
BUIS, Harry Lee
Date of birth
23 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
New Tazewell, Clairborne County, Tennessee
Hometown
New Tazewell, Clairborne County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34922334
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vernéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 16 47

Immediate family

Members
William C. Buis (father)
Bulah D. (Mink) Buis (mother)
William H. Buis (brother)
Billie Buis (brother)
Joe K. Buis (brother)
Estella M. Buis (sister)
Donald Buis (brother)
Mary J. Buis (sister)
Kathleen Buis (sister)

More information

Pvt Harry L. Buis worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 5 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Josie R. Family Tree

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