US PARAS Hoover, Buland Bernard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hoover​

• FORENAME

Buland Bernard​

• UNIT

504 Parachute Infantry Regiment​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

38438121​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Europe​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 27.04.1923, De Leon, Texas, USA​

father John Bernard Hoover (1900-1961)​

mother Alva Gladys (nee Sweeden) Kwapinski (1901-1992)​

employed by Arbuckle Hilton Drug Store​

30.06.1942 draft card El Paso, Texas​

07.01.1943 entered service​

24.09.1945 discharged​

wife Nawasa Dell (nee McDonald) Hoover (1922-2023)​

daughter Nancy A. (1946-2018)​

09.1944 WIA​

10.1944 discharged hospital​

02.1945 WIA​

04.1945 discharged hospital​

died 1978​

reached rank of T-5​

Memory Gardens, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico​

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