William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928–June 3, 1985) was a U.S. Army officer and intelligence agency operative. He was kidnapped by the Islamist group Islamic Holy War on March 16, 1984 while serving as CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, and was subject to torture and interrogation at the hands of his captors; the man overseeing his torture was Imad Mugniyah, a former leader of Hezbollah. In 1985, William Buckley was beheaded. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Director of the CIA, William H. Webster, eulogized Buckley saying, "Bill's success in collecting information in situations of incredible danger was exceptional, even remarkable."

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William Francis Buckley, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wbuckley.htm)