Buffenmeyer James M.

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James M. Buffenmeyer is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Carl Rovinsky & James Buffenmeyer Cenotaph Memorial

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.