Thomas James Buckley
"Buck"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 958507
May 18, 1915
in Chicago, IL
John Owen Buckley
Frances Agnes (Kennedy) Buckley
Details unknown
Reservation clerk
The Stevens Hotel
April 11, 1944
at Chicago, IL
November 22, 1944
from 17th Replacement Draft
March 8, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 8, 1945
Killed in action
856 North Mayfield Avenue, Chicago, IL – address of wife, Mrs. Helen Elizabeth (Freevol) Buckley, and two sons.
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Ninth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Engineer Battalion, Specialist Training Regiment, Camp Lejeune, NC for instruction in demolitions in July 1944. Duty at Lejeune through 16 October 1944, at which time transferred to 17th Replacement Draft for transit overseas.
Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 22 November 1944.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 533 (Demolitions)
Important Events:
March 8, 1945 – wounded in action (gunshot, head); died of wounds same day
March 10, 1945 – Buried in Plot 1, Row 28, Grave 1352, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Iwo Jima (March 8, 1945)
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