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Personal info

Full name
BUYSSE, Charles Jeremiah
Date of birth
3 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Marquette County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-1167350
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Liaison Pilot
Unit
345th Field Artillery Battalion,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Near Dichtelbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 69

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Buysse (father)
Marion (Boyle) Buysse (mother)
Eugene K. Buysse (brother)
Rita A. (Sweeney) Buysse (wife)
Charles J. Buysse Jr. (son)

More information

1st Lt Charles J. Buysse graduated from Annunciation High School in Detroit and attended Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Houghton.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Detroit, Michigan on 24 January 1942.

He died of injuries, suffered in a motor vehicle accident.

His grandfather, Louis Buysse, was born in Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kettmann Family Tree / 1920 Census, www.newspapers.com – Detroit Free Press Michigan - 10 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections