Obituaries:  Felix. H. Buvens, Sabine Parish       B-152
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 6, 1945
Submitted by: Tammy Larche
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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Felix. H. Buvens

  6 Apr 1945 - First Lieut. Felix. H. Buvens, USMN, 25, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Felix N. Buvens, Many, was killed in action in the
battle of Iwo Jima Feb. 22, according to notice received by his
parents March 26 from Lieut. General A. A. Vandergrift,
commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps.

  Lt. Buvens was graduated from Many high school in 1937 and
enlisted in the marines in July of that year. He received boot
training at Parris Island S. C. and for several years was
stationed aboard the U.S.S. Battleship Wyoming as a gunner.
Following this assignment, he was made a recruiter and served in
that capacity until February 1943 when he entered officers
training school. He was graduated from the 22nd reserve officers
class at Quantico, Va., and received his commission as second
lieutenant May 5, 1945.

  Lt. Buvens participated in the battles for Roi and Namur in the
Marshalls and Saipan and Timian in the Marianna islands. After
the battle of the Marshalls, he was promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant. He was wounded in action on Tinian and subsequently
was awarded the Purple Heart.

  Lt. Buvens was married in May 1943 to the former Miss Betty Gray
of Rome, Ga., and was the father of a baby daughter, Elizabeth
Ann, whom he had never seen. In addition to his parents, wife and
baby, Lt. Buvens is survived by two brothers, Francis of Houston,
Texas, Norman of Many
  and one sister, Bobby, also of Many.