Bucella Robert M.

Name:

Robert M. Bucella

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

32775530

Unit:

294th Engineer Combat Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-03-20

State:

New Jersey

Cemetery:

Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ

Plot:

Block 13, Section A

Row:

A

Grave:

154

Decoration:

Comments:

Robert M. Bucella was born on August 15, 1920, in New Jersey. He was the son of Serafino and Mary Bucella. He served in the C Company, 294th Engineer Combat Battalion as a Private during World War II.

In the grounds of 228th Station Hospital, Haydon Park, Sherborne, England, recovering mines after mine-laying exercise on March 20, 1944, a truck rolled back over a live mine killing 29 members of C Company, 294th Engineer Combat Battalion. Company "C" had just finished an exercise with mine laying and then picked up the anti-tank mines and placed them alongside a truck to be taken to a safe area until the next exercise. The truck accidentally backed up over some mines and about 90 mines exploded.

PVT Bucella is now buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA.

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