Buell, Kenneth Richard, CDR

POW/MIA
 
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Last Rank
Commander
Last Primary NEC
132X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Naval Flight Officer
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1970-1972, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA
Service Years
1958 - 1972
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Great Lakes
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Order of the Antarctic Circle
Order of the Shellback
Commander Commander

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Home State
Kentucky
Kentucky
Year of Birth
1939
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Louisville, KY
Last Address
Louisville, KY
MIA Date
Sep 17, 1972
 
Cause
MIA-Finding of Death
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Vietnam, North (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
01W 073 /

 Official Badges 

Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency Battle E US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club Cold War Veteran Operation Deep Freeze III

Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & FoundationIntruder AssociationCold War FallenVietnam Veterans Memorial
The National Gold Star Family RegistryUnited States Navy Memorial USS America Carrier Veterans Association
  1963, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation - Assoc. Page
  1970, Intruder Association
  1972, Cold War Fallen
  1972, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2013, The National Gold Star Family Registry
  2013, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2015, USS America Carrier Veterans Association - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

In June, 1972, USS America (CVA 66) rounded Cape Horn and joined the 7th Fleet in Southeast Asia, relieving USS Coral Sea. It suddenly had mechanical problems requiring it to return to Subic Bay, but commenced combat operations at Yankee Station on 9 August 72.

Onboard were various aviation units, including VA-35 - the 'Black Panthers' of attack squadron 35 with their A-6 Intruders. The Grumman A-6 was a 2-man, all weather, carrier-based attack jet. Equipped with a sophisticated navigation and attack system, it could hone in on small objects (bridges, barracks, fuel depots) in all types of weather. 

On 17 Sept 72, CDR Verne Donnelly (pilot) and LCDR Kenneth Buell launched from America on a routine combat mission over the vicinity of Hai Duong, North Vietnam. As their aircraft was about 8 miles west of the city, it was assumed that they were shot down - and both declared Missing in Action.

Neither was acknowledged by the North Vietnamese as captured, and they did not return in the POW release of 1973. On 05 Feb 1991, the U.S. announced that remains returned by the Vietnamese had been positively identified as those of Verne G. Donnelly; after 25 years, he was finally home. As of 31 July 2006, Ken Buell still is missing.

   
Other Comments:

A note from Commander Rick Buell, SC, USN, son of LCDR Ken Buell:

My dad was born in Louisville, KY 24 Aug 1939 as the only child of Louis & Libby Buell of Xenia, OH & later on Yellow Springs Ohio.

He was a Son of the American Revolution & entered naval service enlisting on 12 May 1958 and training at RTC Great Lakes 28 July - 12 Sep 1958.

US Naval Academy Class of 1963 Organization Bio

   

  1963-1963, 137X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, FL

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Rank
Ensign

NEC
137X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Naval Flight Officer ( In Training)

Base, Station or City
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State/Country
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Last Updated: Sep 17, 2013
   
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Toepfer, Allan, PO2, (1961-1965) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
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White, Daniel, SCPO, (1962-1982) Seaman
Wursthorn, Gale J., PO2, (1961-1967) Seaman
Berenz, George, FN, (1962-1966) Fireman
Blackburn, Harold (Dan), CPO, (1963-1984) Seaman Apprentice
Smith, Bob, SCPO, (1962-1983) Airman Apprentice
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Ivey, James, LT, (1959-1980) AK AK-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Knowles, Luey, MCPO, (1959-1993) Petty Officer Second Class
Branch Health Clinic

Bechtel, James A., PO3, (1961-1965) HN HN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Sayre, Robert, PO3, (1962-1965) 00 Hospitalman
Mathematics and Physics Department, US Naval School of Pre-flight

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