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Personal info

Full name
BUSKIRK, Orval Troy
Date of birth
11 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Avoca, Cass County, Nebraska
Hometown
Louisville, Cass County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37750636
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 56

Immediate family

Members
Ivan H. Buskirk (father)
Helen P. (Wilson) Buskirk (mother)
Emory L. Buskirk (brother)
Neva Buskirk (sister)
Ava E. Buskirk (sister)

More information

Pvt Orval T. Buskirk enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 22 August 1944. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

He is remembered at the Rivervieuw Cemetery in Louisville, Cass County, Nebraska.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Linda Berney

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Dorothea Williams Schlater, The Plattsmouth Journal 30 March 1946