Stephen Earle Buyer Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Stephen Earle Buyer

State of Birth:

IN

Home State:

IN

Gender

Male

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War or Conflict

Persian Gulf War, 1991

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1980-?

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

22nd Legal Support Command; Army Reserve; Judge Advocate General's Corps

Location of Service

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Western Enemy Prisoner of War Camp; Kuwait; Southern Iraq

Battles/Campaigns

Operation Desert Storm

Highest Rank

Colonel

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran served in the Army Reserve and was called to active duty in 11/1990 where he served with the Judge Advocate General's Corps. He also indicates that he contracted Gulf War illness.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Other Manuscript Material [1 item] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents)

Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Regimental/unit histories [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [4 items] -- Photograph

Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] --

Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording

Interviewer:

Edwin Perry

Interviewer:

David Taylor

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Library of Congress

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/02151

Subjects:

Buyer, Stephen Earle

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

Stephen Earle Buyer Collection
(AFC/2001/001/02151), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress