Theodore Robert Buell
Graduating
Class of 1945
Served in
World War II
Technical Sergeant
Theodore Robert Buell
Army
309th Infantry Regiment
78th Infantry Division
Hometown
Mukwonago, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Germany
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Oak Knoll Cemetery, Eagle, WI
More About Technical Sergeant Buell
Technical Sergeant Theodore Robert Buell was still a student at UW when he enlisted into the US Army on March 17, 1943. He was assigned to E Company, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division. He likely fought through the Rhineland and Ardennes-Alsace Campaigns. According to hospital records, T/Sgt Buell was wounded by artillery fire in March 1945 but discharged back to active duty. It must have only been a short while later when, on March 21, 1945, T/Sgt Buell was killed in action in Germany. His unit was inactivated just a month later.
Theodore's body remained overseas until Dec. 19, 1947, when he was brought back to his family in Mukwonago. He is interred at Oak Knoll Cemetery in Mukwonago, Wisconsin.