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33army · 02-29-2012, 05:53

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Rest in Peace Paratrooper.

"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."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...washingtonpost

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33army Guerrilla Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Raeford Posts: 308	‘Band of Brothers’ veteran Buck Compton dead at 90 Hope the search button didn't fail me. Rest in Peace Paratrooper. "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." http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...washingtonpost __________________ "The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you figure out why." - Mark Twain
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