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Surnames: Bucy
Classification: Query
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Seaman Second Class Twyman Norris Bucy of Evansville and the United States Navy Reserve,
s/n 6263435, was killed August 10, 1945, while serving in the South Pacific during World
War II. He was serving on the USS Helena which was sunk in the Kula Gulf of the Solomon
Islands. He is missing or buried at sea and his name is honored on the "Tablets of
the Missing" at Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
We have this reference from the Indiana State Library website; World War II database. We
do not have access to the files from here in the Philippines so we hope some kind hearted
person will help us. This would increase the chances of us finding the family of this
Indiana serviceman so we can give them the free photographs of his grave site.
Indianapolis Star
August 11, 1943
Missing in Action
Page 11, Column 5
2 Lt. Vernon Clayton Buchanan of Indianapolis, Indiana and the United States Army Air
Corps, s/n 0-707222, 500th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group Medium, was killed January
9, 1945. He was serving in the South Pacific during World War II. He is missing or buried
at sea and his name is honored on the "Tablets of the Missing" at the Manila
American Cemetery in the Philippines. He was awarded the Broze Star, Air Medal and Purple
Heart.
These references were found at the Indiana State Library website; World War II database.
They are not available to us because we live in the Philippines. We hope someone would
please help us to receive the information. It would greatly increase our chances of
finding the family of this Indiana serviceman so we can send free grave site photos to
them.
Indianapolis Star
February 10, 1945
Missing in Action
Page 1, Column 7
Indianapolis News
February 10, 1945
Missing in Action
Page 1, Column 2
Indianapolis Times
February 15, 1945
Casualty
Page 1, Column 2
Indianapolis News
June 21, 1945
Decorations
Part 2, Page 1, Column 4
We welcome any information that would lead us to find the family of this Indiana hero.
Hello, I am a retired American residing in the Philippines with my Filipino wife. A year
ago we visited the memorial as visitors but came home with a mission in our hearts. As we
gazed over the beautifully manicured acres and the 17,202 American graves, it was obvious
only a few families had ever visited their graves.
I stepped into the soft grass and focused my camera on one of the white crosses, a grave
of an Ohio soldier. A strange calmness was in the air as I walked a few more steps and a
cross of an Indiana soldier lay square in my path. The letters of the inscription on the
marker was bolder than ever, here lay a soldier from my home state.
At that moment a quiet brainstorm aroused my humble thoughts. I wondered if I could locate
any of the families of these men. My stride became more defined and within a few moments I
had located and photographed eight more graves.
Since those gut-wrenching but touching moments we have energized our efforts in finding
the families of these American men from Indiana. We have located well over 100 and have
delivered the FREE photographs to them via email.
Please visit our website and see the men we have honored and the families we have assisted
in finding a more genuine closure of a horrible tragedy.
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Our success in finding the families was the result of journalists, amateur genealogists,
historians, historical societies, librarians and lots of wonderful Hoosiers and those with
Indiana ties across America.
During our search we have also reached families from other states as well and have filled
special requests for photos from the Manila American Cemetery. We presently have
photographed only the graves of the Indiana soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen; however
we have photographed all of the names that are engraved on the "Tablets of the
Missing". We offer them free of charge to anyone who asks.
We ask for your help in finding their families. We understand this is a genealogy board
but we do not need immediate genealogy in that form, we need leads to find the families.
Please become one of our special volunteers today and find the family of an Indiana
serviceman from near your home. A list of the men from your Indiana county is available,
free and all you must do is request it.
Dave and Apple Dwiggins
San Pablo City, Philippines