Felix H (Veteran WWII, KIA) BUVENS
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Additional BUVENS Surnames in ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC Cemetery
BUVENS, Augusta RaeBUVENS, BirdieBUVENS, William EBUVENS, Catherine LudivineBUVENS, Catherine ElineBUVENS, Edwin GayBUVENS, Louis PBUVENS, Emma HBUVENS, Francis NBUVENS, FannieBUVENS, Felix HamiltonBUVENS, Henry JosephBUVENS, James L (Veteran WWI)BUVENS, James LouisBUVENS, Family StoneBUVENS, John RaymondBUVENS, Louis GimetBUVENS, Marie AnnieBUVENS, Mary EthelBUVENS, Mary GetrudeBUVENS, Mary NatalieBUVENS, Joseph WilliamBUVENS, Joseph HBUVENS, Felix NBUVENS, MaeBUVENS, John GilbertBUVENS, AgnesBUVENS, Joseph JBUVENS, Agnes EloiseBUVENS, Monroe FrancisBUVENS, John GilbertBUVENS, Sarah ABUVENS, Sarah A (Close Up)BUVENS, John GBUVENS, John G (Close Up)BUVENS, Felix FBUVENS, John RBUVENS, Pawnee BBUVENS, Norman C, Rev MonsignorBUVENS , Norman C (Veteran KOR)BUVENS, P FBUVENS, P F (Close Up) Additional BUVENS Surnames in SABINE County
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Submitted: 5/4/14 • Approved: 5/4/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R51061-G0-S3
Louisiana
FIRST LIEUTENANT US Marines
23 Marines 4 Marine Division
World War II
January 16, 1920 - February 22, 1945
Killed in battle of Iwo Jima
Obit Sabine Index Many LA
6 Apr 1945 - First Lieut. Felix H Buvens, USMN, 25, son of Mr and Mrs Felix N Buvens, Many, was killed in action in the battle of Iwo Jima Feb 22, according to notice received by his parents March 26 from Lieut General A A Vandergrift,
commandant of the U S Marine Corps.
Lt Buvens graduated from Many high school in 1937 and enlisted in the marines in July of that year. He received boot training at Parris Island S C and for several years was
stationed aboard the USS Battleship Wyoming as a gunner.Following this assignment, he was made a recruiter and served in that capacity until February 1943 when he entered officers training school. He graduated from the 22nd reserve officers
class at Quantico, Va., and received his commission as Second Lieutenant May 5, 1944.
Lt Buvens participated in the battles for Roi and Namur in the Marshalls and Saipan and Timian in the Marianna islands. After the battle of the Marshalls, he was promoted to the rank of First
Lieutenant. He was wounded in action on Tinian and subsequently was awarded the Purple Heart.
Lt Buvens was married in May 1943 to the former Miss Betty Gray of Rome, G., and was the father of a baby daughter, Elizabeth Ann, whom he had never seen. In addition to his parents, wife and
baby, Lt Buvens is survived by two brothers, Francis of Houston,Texas, Norman of Many and one sister, Bobby, also of Many.
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Contributed on 5/4/14
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