Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., GEN

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Service Details

Last Rank
General

Last Service Branch
US

Last Primary MOS
00GC-Commanding General

Last MOS Group
General Officer

Primary Unit
1944-1945, 10th Army

Service Years
1908 - 1945

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Personal Details

Home State

Kentucky

Year of Birth
1886

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Casualty Info

Home Town Munfordville
Casualty Date Jun 18, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Okinawa	Conflict WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Ryukyus Campaign (1945)/Battle of Okinawa

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1944-1945, 10th Army

From Month/Year July / 1944	To Month/Year June / 1945
Unit 10th Army Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant General	MOS Not Specified
Base, Fort or City Not Specified	State/Country Pacific

Patch	10th Army Details

	Type Support
	Parent Unit Field Armies and Groups	Strength Not Specified
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Last Updated: Nov 27, 2009

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10 Members Also There at Same Time

10th Army

Merrill, Frank Dow, MG, (1922-1948)			Major General
Nold, George, MG, (1917-1955)	EN	7900	Major General
Harris, Charles, BG, (1917-1953)	USA	0002	Brigadier General
Post, Elwyn, MG, (1923-1958)	USA		Brigadier General
Schick, Lawrence, BG, (1920-1961)	USA	0002	Brigadier General
Rowell, Ray, S/SGT, (1942-1946)	IN	745	Staff Sergeant
Pankey, Robert, SGT, (1944-1946)	FA	845	Sergeant
Stilwell, Joseph Warren, GEN, (1904-1946)			General
Oliver, Marion, CPT, (1941-1945)			Captain
Lyman, George Finlinson, PFC, (1944-1946)			Private First Class