John R. Buckley Biography


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This biography was copied from "Washington County in the World War", 
page 32


John R. Buckley
Chicago, Illinois

John R. Buckley of Chicago, Illinois, was born at Washington, Iowa, on July 21, 
1891. He is the son of John D. Buckley and Mary Cross. He is a graduate of 
Washington High School and attended Chicago University two and a half years.

Army Record

First Lieutenant Buckley entered the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort 
Sheridan, Ill., and at the close of the school was commissioned Second 
Lieutenant and sent to Camp Grant, Ill., where he was a member of Battery D, 
332nd Field Artillery, 86th Division. On September 15, 1918, he embarked for 
France and during his period of service there he was stationed at Le Courneau, 
Gironde. He received his discharge February 28, 1919 at Camp Grant, Ill. He had 
also served on the Mexican Border in 1916, with the First Illinois F. A.