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Tommy Burgdorf (Birddog), FC2
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Buckley, Victor Patrick (Pat), LT.
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Contact Info
Home Town Falls Church
MIA Date Dec 16, 1969
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Tonkin Gulf
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Memorial Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Memorial Coordinates 15W 061 / section: MK Grave: 67 (Cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
This Sailor has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Lt. Victor P. Buckley was the pilot of an RF8A on a combat mission in North Vietnam on December 16, 1969. His aircraft was hit by enemy fire, and he evidently headed out to sea for easier rescue, as the site where his aircraft is recorded to have crashed is about 75 miles offshore east of the city of Quang Khe in the Gulf of Tonkin. It was felt that there was little or no hope that he survived, and Buckley was declared Killed/Body Not Recovered.
