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Personal info

Full name
BUCKLEY, Robert David
Date of birth
11 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ogden, Boone County, Iowa
Hometown
Boone County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
17151527
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Turret Gunner
Unit
574th Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
3 Miles East of Ahrweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 14 6

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Buckley (father)
Adelaide I. Buckley (mother)
Constance Buckley (sister)
Beverly Buckley (sister)
Ronald Buckley (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
43-34309
Data
Type: B-26
Destination: Ahrweiler, Germany
Mission: Railway Bridge
MACR: 11651

More information

S/Sgt Robert D. Buckley attended college and worked an a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Des Moines, Iowa on 4 December 1942.

The plane was shot down by fighters over target Ahrweiler, Germany.

S/Sgt Buckley is remembered at the Glenwood Cemetery in Ogden, Boone County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Cathy, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa World War II Bonus Case Files / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Cathy