and Neal McDonough, who portrayed Compton in the miniseries. The guests included “Band of Brothers” actors Michael Cudlitz, James Madio, Richard Speight Jr. We’re celebrating longevity more than anything.” “We didn’t expect anything more than those other guys (in the war). “All I can say is it’s flattering - and kind of embarrassing,” Compton told the Herald. “His career as a prosecutor and a judge overrode his military career until ‘Band of Brothers’ came out, and then it just went crazy,” daughter Syndee Compton said.Ĭompton was embarrassed by the attention at his birthday party at Skagit Regional Airport that was attended by children of other Band of Brothers veterans. Ambrose’s 1992 best seller about the unit was made into the 2001 TV series. But it wasn’t until later in life that he became famous for his military service as a first lieutenant in Easy Company after the unit parachuted into France on D-Day in 1944. He was awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart during World War II. Kennedy and was appointed to the 2nd District Court of Appeal in 1970 by Gov. He headed the team that prosecuted Sirhan B. Lynn Compton also is remembered for his legal career in California. “To us he wasn’t really a war hero, he was just a hero, period,” Tracy Compton told the Herald. In January, nearly 200 guests, including actors from the miniseries, attended his 90th birthday party, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. “Buck” Compton, a veteran whose World War II exploits were depicted in the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” has died, his family said.Ĭompton died Saturday in Burlington, Wash., after having a heart attack last month, the family told the Los Angeles Times in a story today.

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