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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 59731" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Buxton</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Edgar</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 AC Group (1 Fighter Squadron)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant Colonel</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Flying Cross</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Siam 1945</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Memphis,Tennessee</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 6.1.1918 Memphis,Tennessee</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Edgar Eugene and Gertrude (nee Stewart) Buxton</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Culver Military Academy 1936</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Washington and Lee University 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>skilled in production of bakery products in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 15.10.1940 Jackson,Mississippi (Aviation Cadet 14023738 Air Corps)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Army Air Corps Flying school 30.5.1941 (Second Lieutenant)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>fighter pilot</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>stock and commodities broker postwar</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Laura Mae Smith (1920-2012) (1 son Robert,2 daughters Lucy and Mary)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 31.1.2010 Tacoma,Washington</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Memphis Memorial Park,Memphis,Shelby County,Tennessee</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-buxton.31698/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/31/31698-9d8bcd33f530a0d2ff25011c646ce090.jpg?1591435902" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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