Richard V. Buck
Branch: ARMY Service Number: 32265060 Rank: Private First Class Unit: 816th Tank Destroyer Battalion Buck Residence 359 Shedaker St. (left) Richard Vincent Buck was born on October 31, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA to parents William Henry Buck III and Lydia Spencer Bowes. The family lived in the 359 Shedaker Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. William was a tool maker and machinist for the Midvale Steel Company in Philadelphia while Lydia tended to her home and 4 boys. William Henry IV, the eldest of the Buck children was born in 1909, Edward Norman born in 1913, Richard in 1915, and lastly, Victor Quinton was born in 1917. In early February 1920, Richard's mother was not feeling well. On the 10th of February, Doctor T. Carroll Davis came by the house to diagnose and treat her illness. Lydia was suffering from influenza and her condition only worsened by contracting pneumonia. Just one week later, she died at the age of 39. A heartbroken