Andrew Buckle was born on September 27, 1923 to Thomas and Bessie Buckle who lived to Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Andrew was the youngest of three children. His father was a laborer at a steel mill.
Andrew found employment at Luken’s Machine Shop.
Andrew entered the Army Air Corps on January 9, 1943. After basic training and advanced training he was sent overseas to the European Theater of Operations in January, 1944. He served as a waist gunner and mechanic on a
B-24 Liberator heavy bomber.
Andrew's parents received a War Department telegram on April 11, 1944 that their son was missing in action over Italy. Sergeant Andrew Buckle was killed in action March on 17, 1944.
When Germany surrendered, the tail-gunner from Andrew's B-24 was found in a prison in Germany.