Buxston, Cecil “Buck”

Cecil “Buck” Buxston

February 22, 1945  –  March 10, 2020

Cecil “Buck” Buxton, 75, of Unionville, beloved husband of Donna Morocco, died unexpectedly Sunday March 8th. Born February 22nd, 1945 in Waterbury, son of the late Cecil A. and Dorothea (Burns) Buxton, he was a graduate of Lewis S. Mills High School in Burlington, Class of 1963 and the school of hard knocks. He served proudly as a U.S. Marine in the 2nd battalion 9th Marines in Vietnam and participated in two of the bloodiest battles of this War. The 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh was the longest, deadliest and most controversial of the Vietnam War, pitting the U.S. Marines and their allies against the North Vietnamese Army. Buck spent a total of 54 days in this battle. And the battle at Dong Ha, which for 3 days in April and May of 1968, a beleaguered battalion of 652 Marines fought what was arguably the most tenacious and significant battle of the Vietnam War.

Buck spent many years with his wife Donna taking many memorable trips to places like Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, California, Pennsylvania, Texas, Aruba and of course many delightful trips to Maine to visit his daughter and her family. His grandchildren loved him deeply and even deeper than their love for “Grampa Buck” was their love for teasing Grampa Buck. Besides his wife, Buck is survived by his beloved daughter, Sarah B. Berry and her husband Jason of Newry, ME, his three grandchildren, Gage Buxton Berry, Jordan Berry and Payton Berry, his two sisters, Cathy Buxton of Collinsville and Mary-Ann Schwarzmann of Farmington, his beloved Neicey WeeSees, Katie Garcia and Debbie Norton and Nephews Curt MacDonald and Rock-n-roll star Chad MacDonald.