'Band of Brothers' Veteran "Buck" Compton Dead at 90

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'Band of Brothers' Veteran "Buck" Compton Dead at 90

Washington Post

By T. Rees Shapiro

Published: February 27, 2012

Lynn D. “Buck” Compton, an Army paratrooper whose World War II service was portrayed in the book and HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers” and who later as a prosecutor secured a conviction of Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, died Feb. 26 at his home in Burlington, Wash. He was 90.

He had complications from a heart attack, said his daughter Syndee Compton. Mr. Compton retired in 1990 as a judge on the California Courts of Appeal.

Mr. Compton fought in some of the war’s fiercest battles as a first lieutenant with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. The soldiers, collectively known as Easy Company, participated in the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy, parachuted into Holland for the disastrous Operation Market Garden, and fought through frostbite and German artillery in the Battle of the Bulge...

Rest in Peace First Lieutenant Compton. We've lost another TRUE American hero.

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Rest in Peace First Lieutenant Compton. We've lost another TRUE American hero.

Indeed we have. One of those amazing soldiers from that great generation, when this country came together to defeat evil incarnate. Rest in Peace Sir. #Salute