Name:
Harry Francis “Pappy” Busby
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-1013364
Unit:
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-09-20
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
Plot:
F
Row:
1
Grave:
8
Decoration:
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Harry Francis “Pappy” Busby was born on April 20, 1913, in Jamaica, Queens County, New York. He was the son of Harry Busby and Katherine Tardiff.
Harry served in Company I, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. 1Lt Busby is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.