![]() ![]() Born Jin Richlands, Virginia, he was a son of Beulah Boots Lester Compton of Honaker, Virginia, and the late Foster Compton. Spotted by friendly aircraft the next morning, 97 survivors were rescued by Gleaves (DD-423) and the British LCT-170 the following evening.įor a complete history of USS Buck (DD-420) please see its DANFS page. Jackie Buck Lee Compton, age 60, of the Combs Valley road section of Cleveland, Virginia, passed away Thursday (December 22, 2016) in an Abingdon, Virginia hospital. ![]() Although most of the depth charges were set to safe before the destroyer was abandoned, a severe underwater explosion killed and wounded sailors in the water. The warship flooded quickly, settling down forward and sinking within four minutes. While on patrol off Salerno, Italy, on 9 October, USS Buck (DD-420) was ambushed just after midnight by German submarine U-616 and hit forward starboard by at least one and possibly two torpedoes. Following the landings, the destroyer patrolled off the coast to protect the delivery of reinforcements and supplies to southern Italy. Buck Compton, leader of the 2nd Platoon of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, died on Februat the age of 90. On 10 July, the destroyer escorted a landing convoy of LCTs to the beach before retiring to escort follow-on convoys to Sicily.Īfter escorting a convoy back to the United States, USS Buck (DD-420) returned to the Mediterranean in late September 1943 in support of Operation "Avalance," the landings at Anzio, Italy. As a convoy escort warship, Buck screened ships from enemy attack, pursued unidentified surface and undewater contacts and shepherded merchantmen to keep them in formation while underway. Assigned to the Western Naval Task Force on 8 July, USS Buck (DD-420) performed bombardment, screening, and patrol duties during Operation "Husky," the invasion of Sicily (10 July 1943). With the entry of the United States into World War II USS Buck (DD-420) continued to serve as a convoy escort, steaming from the seaports of the eastern United States to ports in Newfoundland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, North Africa, and the Caribbean. either because he was also a soldier in WWI and was killed by a shrapnel in Gallipoli as he fought against the Anzacs. On 1 July, as part of Task Force (TF) 19, Buck got underway for Argentia, Newfoundland, where she joined a convoy carrying the First Marine Brigade (Provisional) to Reykjavik, Iceland. Robison in command.Īfter shakedown training, USS Buck (DD-420) joined the Atlantic Fleet for a brief period before augmenting the Pacific Fleet from February until June 1941. ![]() Townsend, wife of Rear Admiral Townsend, and commissioned, Lieutenant Commander Horace C. USS Buck (DD-420) was launched by Philadelphia Navy Yard sponsored by Mrs. ‘Band of Brothers’ Vet Lynn ‘Buck’ Compton Dies at 90. ![]()
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