Name:
James M. Buffenmeyer
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
6th Armored Infantry, 1st Armored Division
Date of Death:
1943-12-02
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri
Plot:
SECTION 79 SITE 137
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Hear
Comments:
Sergeant James M. Buffenmeyer served in the 6th Amrored Infantry Battalion of to the 1st Armored Division, the “Old Ironsides”. He was born in Missouri on May 31, 1923 and was taken prisoner by the Germans in Tunisia on February 12, 1943. Like Carl, he was taken to a prison camp in Poland and died during his captivity on December 2, 1943. He is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in Missouri.
A cenotaph remembers him in Slupsk, Poland cemetery where is was initially buried. The Polish Army remembers these soldiers every year on All Saints Day with a wreath laying ceremony.