Elgin  D. Buchholz was born in Alberta, Canada in either Medicine Hat or Hilda.  His father Ferdinand immigrated to San Francisco, CA in 1924, the same year his son Elgin was born.  Two years later he had saved enough to pay for the transportation for his wife and four children.

The family group traveled south from the Medicine Hat, Alberta area to make their border crossing at the Eastport, Idaho on 25 September 1928.  From there they traveled to San Francisco to join the head of the family. 

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Grave marker for Pvt Elgin D. Buchholz at Plot F Row 10 Grave 35 in the Henri Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium.

Pvt Buchholz was killed in action on January 12, 1945 and was awarded the Purple Heart.

(Photos courtesy Emmanuel Charles Fleurus, Belgium)