'Band of Brothers' soldier dies at 90
Lynn D. "Buck" Compton, a veteran whose World War II exploits were depicted in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," died on Feb. 25 in Burlington, Wash., after having a heart attack the previous month.
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