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Buckley Fred P.

Name:
Fred P. Buckley
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-08-31
State:
Kansas
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:

Fred P. Buckley, aged 21, was born on July 29, 1923 in Kansas. He resided in Finney County, Kansas prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 10, 1942 at Fort Levenworth, Kansas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a payroll clerk and also as Single, without dependents. Fred served as a Private First Class and Radar Operator on B-24J #44-40831, 375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

Fred was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-24, being badly damaged and returning from a mission to bomb enemy ships in Takao Harbor off Takao (Kaohsiung) on Formosa (Taiwan), crashed into Mount Arisan in China during the war on August 31, 1944. Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until July 20, 1946. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

Fred's remains were recovered in the late 1990's and he was interred with his crew at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia on August 21, 2000. A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name on the tablets at Manila to signify his remains were recovered.

He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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