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Buck R Hale

1920 - 1945  (24 years)

• Name	Buck R Hale
  Birth	15 Nov 1920	Lee Co, VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Feb 1945	Germany
  Burial	Lee Co, VA
  	FindAGrave Memorial 70156890
  Person ID	I4	RidingsHale
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Evan Thomas Hale,   b. 10 May 1885, Laurel Co, KY d. 30 Oct 1926, Lee Co, VA (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Maud E. Coffman,   b. 12 Sep 1893, Lee Co, VA d. 30 Oct 1957, Marion Co, IN (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1910	Lee Co, VA
  	Groom's Name: Evan Hale Groom's Birth Date: 1885 Groom's Birthplace: Laurel Co, Ky Groom's Age: 25 Bride's Name: Maud E. Coffman Bride's Birth Date: 1893 Bride's Birthplace: Lee Co, Va Bride's Age: 17 Marriage Date: 22 May 1910 Marriage Place: Lee, Virginia Groom's Father's Name: J.M. Groom's Mother's Name: Mary Bride's Father's Name: Henry Bride's Mother's Name: Eliza Groom's Race: White Groom's Marital Status: Single Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: White Bride's Marital Status: Single Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01794-9 System Origin: Virginia-EASy Source Film Number: 2048459 Reference Number: Image 446 Collection: Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940
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  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