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Identified e-Bay Uniform To Multiple Purple Heart Recipient


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I ran across this uniform up for bid on e-Bay and thought I would try to identify the owner. (Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with the auction and I do not intend to bid on it.)

 

Assuming it is legitimate, I believe I have tracked down the former owner. Richard Joseph Buck was a 1951 graduate of West Point and the recipient of a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars for Valor, four Purple Hearts and the Combat Infantryman Badge for Korea and later the recipient of another Silver Star, four more Bronze Stars (including two more for valor), four more Purple Hearts and a second CIB earned in Vietnam. He served with the 1st Special Forces Group from 1962 to 1963 (His bio doesn't mention any time in Vietnam with the Green Berets, but he may have gone TDY) and later with Headquarters, 82nd Airborne Division from 1965 to 1966 (hence the General Staff branch insignia).

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/162585852912?ul_noapp=true

 

http://defender.west-point.org/service/display.mhtml?u=18239&i=3074

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Very cool vet! Thanks for sharing! someone is happy with the shirt now, as I see it already sold. ;)

 

From reading the WP Eulogy in your posted link, he won 2 Silver Stars, 7 Bronze Stars, a Commendation Medal, 4 Air Medals, and 8 Purple Hearts! Wow!

 

Could you imagine having to make a framed display for his awards? Thank goodness for the oak leaf cluster devices! However, wouldn't it be cool to actually have that many medals displayed for him? What a service! Although, with that many PHs, you'd think he did most of his war time in the hospital!

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  • 2 years later...

He's listed with only two PHs on this data base,

 

BUCK RAYMOND J - US46084966 - 1951/09/14 - IL - Champaign - EVC - 31st Inf Regt-7th Inf Div
BUCK RICHARD J - O-0064023 - 1953/02/06 - PA - Lehigh - RTD - 32nd Inf Regt-7th Inf Div
BUCK RICHARD J - O-0064023 - 1953/03/25 - PA - Lehigh - RTD - 32nd Inf Regt-7th Inf Div
BUCK ROY T - RA17333693 - 1952/07/21 - IA - Linn - RTD - 35th Inf Regt-25th Inf Div

 

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