Buck R Hale

Notes:

Attended the Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home, known as the Jr. Home, in Tiffon OH

Military Service:
Date of Service: December 7, 1942 to February 25, 1945
Rank: Staff Sergeant.
During World War II served in US Army 84th Infantry Division/334th Infantry Regiment/2nd Battalion/Headquarters Company. Participated in Battle of the Bulge. KIA Feb. 25, 1945 near Boisheim, Germany after crossing the Roer River.
Awarded Purple Heart, WWII Victory Medal, and Honorable Service Lapel Button WW II.


Note from Vida Hale Pope

S/Sgt. Buck R Hale was working in the Norfolk shipyards when he was called to the service. His company offered to get him a deferment but he declined. Not wanting to have to kill anyone, he served as a medic. He arrived in Europe in the fall of 1944, just before the Battle of the Bulge. After the battle, his unit wound up in Holland where they hoped to get some rest. They had planned to sleep in a school, but the local towns people offered to house the men in their homes. S/Sgt Hale and two of his friends stayed with the Snyder family. Less than two weeks later he was killed. The Snyder family searched out his grave, took pictures and included them in a letter to his mother.

CENSUS: 1930 - Lee Co VA

Buried:
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