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Name:James Wayne Maxwell Buck
Date of Birth:12/16/1983
Date of Passing:1/9/2005
Hometown:Berkeley
State:SC
County/Road of Fatal Collision:Greentown Road/Berkeley
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Corporal James Wayne Maxwell Buck was born December 16, 1983, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Cynthia A. Moody and Karl Pentz.
He later moved to Macedonia, South Carolina, while he attended Timberland High School and graduated a year early in 2001.
That summer he enlisted in the Marine Corps on July 2 at the age of seventeen. He attended recruit training at Parris Island Recruit Training Depot graduating from First Battalion on September 28, 2001.
Upon graduation of boot camp, he reported to Company C, Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Geiger, North Carolina, where he earned the Military Occupation Specialty of 0341. He then received orders to First Battalion, Sixth Marines and was assigned to Charlie Company, Weapons Platoon at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on December 8, 2001.
In May of 2002, he volunteered for the screening and selection process of the battalion's scout sniper platoon, which he served an oversea's deployment as a scout to Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. He then attended Second Marine Division Scout Sniper School at Stone Bay, North Carolina, graduating on June 30, 2003.
Upon graduation, he was selected to be a sniper team leader for the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd MEU. He then led his team successfully throughout combat operations in the Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan. Upon completion of this deployment, he assisted in the training and rebuilding of the Scout Sniper Platoon in preparation for the upcoming deployment to Iraq in which he volunteered to extend his end of active service date for.
Accomplishments during Corporal Buck's enlistment include Scout Sniper School, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape School, Urban Sniper Course, Advanced Reconnaissance and Surveillance Course, Special Operations Spotters Course, and Universal Ground Spotters Course.
His awards and decorations include a Navy and Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, and a certificate of commendation. He is survived by his mother and father, Cynthia Moody and Karl Pentz, his two sisters, Cindy and Hailey Buck and stepfather, James Moody.
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