Richard Vincent Buck
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32265060
Unit: Tank Destroyer unit
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Buried: New St. Mary’s Cemetery, 515 West Browning Road, Bellmawr, New Jersey
Biography
Private First Class Richard Vincent Buck
Private First Class Richard Vincent Buck was born in Pennsylvania in 1915. He was a graduate of Mount Ephraim, New Jersey public schools and attended Audubon High School in Audubon, New Jersey. In 1930, he and his three brothers were living with their aunt and uncle, Joseph A. and Elizabeth C. Denof, of Bell Road in Mount Ephraim. The family later moved to 212 Fifth Avenue in Mount Ephraim.
Richard Buck was inducted into the Army about January 1, 1942. He was killed in an accident on August 13, 1942, while serving with a Tank Destroyer unit at Camp Cooke, Santa Barbara County, California. His body was returned to Camden, New Jersey, where his uncle, William Denof, was a funeral director. He was buried at New St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bellmawr, New Jersey on August 23, 1942. Richard Buck was survived by his foster parents, brothers William H., Edward N., and Victor Q. Buck, and uncle William Denof.
Gravestone of Richard Vincent Buck, New St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr, New Jersey
Mt. Ephraim Soldier Is Injured Fatally
Camden Courier-Post —
Official notice of Mt. Ephraim’s first war casualty was received yesterday by relatives of Richard B. Buck, 27, who suffered fatal injuries in service on the West Coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Denof, of 212 Fifth avenue, Mt. Ephraim, foster parents of Buck, received notification he had died of injuries while serving with a mechanized cavalry unit. He was a nephew of the couple.
Buck entered service at Fort Dix in April. He was a graduate of Mt. Ephraim schools and had attended Audubon High School. The body is enroute with a military escort and is scheduled to arrive Thursday when it will be taken in charge by William Denof, Camden undertaker, uncle of the soldier.
Buck is survived by three brothers, William and Norman, of Runnemede, and Victor of Bellmawr.
Richard Buck
Camden Courier-Post —
Special services will be conducted tonight by Mt. Ephraim Post, American Legion, and the auxiliary, for Pvt. Richard Buck, of 212 Fifth avenue, Mt. Ephraim, who was killed Aug. 13, in an accident at Camp Cooke, Calif. He had been in the Army eight months and was on duty with the tank destroyer division. He is survived by his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Denof and three brothers, William, Norman and Victor Buck.
Funeral services will be held in the home tomorrow at 10 a. m. Burial will be in New St. Mary’s cemetery, Bellmawr. Military and police from Mt. Ephraim, Bellmawr and Runnemede will escort the body to the cemetery.