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Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.

Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. U.S.A., son of Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner, C.S.A.

Killed by the Japanese, in combat, leading the 10th Army into victory in the Battle of Okinawa, June 18, 1945.

Sure looked like his dad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner,_Jr.

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