Soldier Buck

Name: Soldier Buck
Alias: Walter Buckrop
Birth Name: Walter Frederick Buckrop
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1983-12-10 (Age:82)
Height: 178cm
Judge: Record
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record

Soldier Buck served a second stint in the United States Army during World War II.

According to the U.S. Census Records on Ancestry.com, one Walter Bukrop, an 8-year-old native of Pennsylvania, was living with his German-born parents, 18-year-old sister, Annie, and 15-year-old brother, August, in Allegeny, Cambria County, Pennsylvania during 1910. Walter's father, Michel, and mother, Annie, were 54 and 53 respectively. Both Michel and August were coal miners.

According to the 1923 Louisville City Directory on the U.S. Cities Directory (1821-1989) database on Ancestry.com, one Walter Buckrop (Soldier Buck), a pugilist, was living at 3233 Madison in Louisville, Kentucky.

According to the 1933 Louisville City Directory on the U.S. Cities Directory (1821-1989) database on Ancestry.com, one Walter Buckrop was a proprietor of Soldier Buck's Sandwich Shoppe and living at 801 East Market.

According to the World War II U.S. Army Enlistment Records (1938-1946) database on Ancestry.com, one Walter F. Buckrop Sr, born about 1901 in Pennsylvania, enlisted in the army in Louisville, Kentucky on September 12, 1942.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File (1850-2010), one Walter Buckrop was born on February 25, 1901 and died on December 10, 1983.

According to his obituary in the December 12, 1983 Louisville Courier-Journal, Buckrop was the general manager of the Masonic Employment Association. He served as an alderman in Louisville from 1961-67, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature in 1973.

According to the Kentucky Death Index (1911-2000) database on Ancestry.com, one Walter Buckrop was born about 1901 and died on December 10, 1983 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.