PFC Scott W Buchan DOW
[DOW is Died of Wounds, so he did not die at the original battle site. -Lisa Bailey #474788285]
Received Silver Star
[Info from nephew, James Buchan]
Middle name: William
Birth Place: Cedar Rapids IA
[from World War II Draft Card, 15 Oct 1940]
Local Obituary:
SCOTT W. BUCHAN - Funeral services for Pfc. Scott W. Buchan, who was killed in action in Germany April 11, 1945, will be conducted in the Turner Chapel at 3:30 p.m., Thursday by the Rev. D. Keith Irwin, pastor of Olivet Presbyterian Church.
Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery, where military services will be conducted at the grave by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The family asks that flowers be omitted.
The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids Wednesday afternoon and will be taken to the Chapel, where friends may call.
Pfc. Buchan, before entering the service in May 1944, was a machinist at Iowa Manufacturing Company and Iowa Enineering.
Born Oct. 30, 1918, in Cedar Rapids, he was a graduate of Roosevelt High School and a member of Olivet Presbyterian Church and of the Eagles Lodge.
He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.
Surviving in addition to his wife, Kathleen, are a daughter, Scotta, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Buchan, Cedar Rapids; six sisters, Mrs. J.E. Dameron, Mrs. DeVere Smith and Mrs. Lee Hiltbrunner, all of Cedar Rapids. Grace Buchan of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Agnes Stein of Minneapolis and Mrs. Francis Dailey of St. John's Newfoundland, also three brothers; Clyde of Los Angeles, Curtis of Oregon, Ill and J. Robert of Dallas.
[Thank you to Contributor #50404530 (Nancy L Buchan) for Obituary.]
PFC Scott W Buchan DOW
[DOW is Died of Wounds, so he did not die at the original battle site. -Lisa Bailey #474788285]
Received Silver Star
[Info from nephew, James Buchan]
Middle name: William
Birth Place: Cedar Rapids IA
[from World War II Draft Card, 15 Oct 1940]
Local Obituary:
SCOTT W. BUCHAN - Funeral services for Pfc. Scott W. Buchan, who was killed in action in Germany April 11, 1945, will be conducted in the Turner Chapel at 3:30 p.m., Thursday by the Rev. D. Keith Irwin, pastor of Olivet Presbyterian Church.
Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery, where military services will be conducted at the grave by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The family asks that flowers be omitted.
The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids Wednesday afternoon and will be taken to the Chapel, where friends may call.
Pfc. Buchan, before entering the service in May 1944, was a machinist at Iowa Manufacturing Company and Iowa Enineering.
Born Oct. 30, 1918, in Cedar Rapids, he was a graduate of Roosevelt High School and a member of Olivet Presbyterian Church and of the Eagles Lodge.
He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.
Surviving in addition to his wife, Kathleen, are a daughter, Scotta, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Buchan, Cedar Rapids; six sisters, Mrs. J.E. Dameron, Mrs. DeVere Smith and Mrs. Lee Hiltbrunner, all of Cedar Rapids. Grace Buchan of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Agnes Stein of Minneapolis and Mrs. Francis Dailey of St. John's Newfoundland, also three brothers; Clyde of Los Angeles, Curtis of Oregon, Ill and J. Robert of Dallas.
[Thank you to Contributor #50404530 (Nancy L Buchan) for Obituary.]
Inscription
Iowa - PFC 66 ARMD INF 12 ARMD DIV - World War II
Family Members
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Ruby Adelia Buchan Smith
1895–1983
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Grace Louise Buchan
1896–1970
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Homer Earl Buchan
1897–1944
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Bernice Estelle Buchan Dameron
1900–1977
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Clarice Kathryn Buchan Hiltbrunner
1902–1965
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Clive Elliott Buchan Sr
1904–1980
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Curtis Keith Buchan
1906–1954
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Agnes Elizabeth Buchan Stein
1912–2008
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John Robert Buchan
1914–1966
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Frances Winifred "Fran" Buchan Dailey
1916–2011
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