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Personal info

Full name
BUSHEY, Oliver August
Date of birth
5 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Rice County, Minnesota
Hometown
Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37589796
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 12 19

Immediate family

Members
Oliver L. Bushey (father)
Ann (Tilly) Bushey (mother)
Margaret Bushey (sister)
Joseph Bushey (brother)
Harriett Bushey (sister)
John Bushey (brother)
Theodore Bushey (brother)
Regina Bushey (sister)
Rose Mary Bushey (sister)
Marian L. Bushey (wife)
Thomas E. Bushey (son)

More information

Pvt Oliver A. Bushey enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 15 February 1944.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census
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