THE WALL OF FACES

Commander Kenneth Richard Buell, today is Prisoner of War and Missing In Action Day, in the year 2021. You and your fellow missing are remembered, especially on this day. Commander Buell served as a Pilot and was assigned to VA-35, CVW-9, USS AMERICA, TF 77, 7TH FLEET.
See http://www.virtualwall.org/db/BuellKR01a.htm

Never Forget

Semper Fortis

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your son Richard is especially poignant. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home.

Always remembered, God Bless

The Department of Defense conducted a ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday, 20 September 2019 in recognition of POW/MIA Recognition Day. Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Nordquist remembered the 1,587 MIAs from the Vietnam War as well as all those still unaccounted for from WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War and other conflicts. Since the 2018 Ceremony, DPAA has positively identified 7 Vietnam War MIAs. LCDR Kenneth Richard Buell, USNA Class of 1963, is one of those 1,587 MIAs unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. He is one of 7 graduates from his U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis class who is still MIA. The other 6 USNA Class of 1963 MIAs are: 1) LTJG Donald MacLaughlin; 2) LCDR Charles Marik; 3) LCDR James Patterson; 4) LT Stanley Smiley; 5) LCDR Erwin Templin; and 6) LCDR John Worcester. As of the date of this ceremony, there are 55 USNA graduates still MIA in SEA from the Vietnam War.

This is the link to the DoD story about the ceremony:

https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1967474/prisoners-of-war-missing-in-action-remembered-at-pentagon-ceremony/

This is the link to the C-Span video of the ceremony:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?464524-1/pentagon-hosts-national-powmia-recognition-day-ceremony