In Memory of .....PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
KENNETH WARD PUGH - Navy - PRCS - E8
Age: 26
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Sep 6, 1939
From: LANCASTER, CA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married with one son. He has two daughters from a previous marriage, Brenda Lee Southall and sister Pamela Lynn Schmidt.
***** Eddieb, I am Brenda Southall daughter of Kenneth Pugh. I found this memorial page online while trying to get information on getting my dads medals . The information of him having one son is correct but he also had 2 daughters from a previous marriage. myself ,Brenda Lee Southall and my sister Pamela Lynn Schmidt. I hope this information can be corrected on this page.
Thank you for this page
Brenda Southall
PRCS - E8 - Navy - Regular
Casualty was on Apr 12, 1966
In COMMUNIST CHINA
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Note: Promoted while in MIA status
ID No: 571489325
Unit: VAH-4, CVW-11, USS KITTY HAWK, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA
Incident Date: 04/12/1966
Casualty Date: 04/12/1966
Age at Loss: 26
Location: Province not reported, Communist China
Remains: 1966 status: Body Not Recovered. Found later.
Repatriated: 12/16/1975 (Returned to US soil)
Identified: 01/06/1976
Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Fixed Wing - Crew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Note: Promoted while in MIA status
Casualty Date: 04/12/1966
Remains: 1966 status: Body Not Recovered. Found later.
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 06E - Line 107
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh killed in an air loss/ crashed on land.
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Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Kenneth Ward Pugh from Lancaster, California lost his life at the age of 26 on April 12, 1966.
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Kenneth Ward Pugh was born on September 06, 1939 and was in the U.S. Navy assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron 4 (VAH-4), Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), USS Kitty Hawk, Task Force 77 (TF-77), 7th Fleet.
On April 12, 1966 at 1134 hours, LCDR William A. Glasson, pilot; and LTJG Larry M. Jordan, ATAA Reuben B. Harris and PRCS Kenneth W. Pugh, crewmembers, were flying a KA-3B aerial tanker from Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines for a return flight to their base carrier.
The crew were all assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron 4, Detachment Charlie on board the USS Kitty Hawk. The aircraft had just undergone repair of minor skin damage in the nose wheel area. When the aircraft did not arrive at the ship at the planned recovery time, a search and rescue effort was initiated with the assistance of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and units from the 3rd ARRG/13th Air Force.
A diplomatic incident occurred on April 19th when twenty-four aircraft from the USS Kitty Hawk hit a harbor town 35 miles from the Chinese border. No aircraft were lost over the town, Cam Pha, but a Polish merchant ship in the harbor claimed to have been nearly struck by a bomb. Messages flew between Washington D.C. and the fleet regarding details of the incident. Hitting so close to Communist China's borders was dangerous. Soon the Chinese began claiming numerous violations of their airspace by "United States Imperialists".
The Chinese claimed the destruction of this KA-3B aircraft flown by LCDR William A. Glasson lost on April 12, 1966 saying the aircraft had flown into Chinese territory and was shot down near Hainan Island, which roughly correlated in both time and approximate location with the missing KA-3B aircraft. Protests were lodged by the State Department, but the Communists maintained that the plane was attacking Chinese fishermen on the high seas of the Gulf of Tonkin.
It was later determined after search and rescue efforts were terminated that the KA-3B aircraft was in fact shot down in the vicinity of the Luichow Peninsula, Kwangtung Province, China. It was the opinion of a casualty review board that the crew most likely was killed in the crash. Normally, tankers are unarmed, but they still retained their weapons bay, and the United States never denied outright that the Skywarrior was armed. This is not the first time such a situation had occurred. From time to time, there were claims and counterclaims of shoot downs and harassment. It is probably true also that American pilots in hot pursuit of escaping MiGs may have inadvertently--or intentionally--chased their quarry into Red China.
On December 16, 1975, the People's Republic of China returned ashes it said were those of PRCS Kenneth Pugh, but gave no word of the rest of the crew. LCDR William A. Glasson, LTJG Larry M. Jordan and ATCS Reuben B. Harris are among less than a dozen Americans missing in China from the Vietnam War. LCDR William A. Glasson was promoted to CDR and LTJG Larry M. Jordan was promoted to LCDR while MIA. The ranks of ATCS Reuben B. Harris and PRCS Kenneth Pugh went they were shot down are unclear and they were both promoted to Senior Chief while MIA.
All 3 of these men are among less than a dozen Americans listed as MIA in China from the Vietnam War. On January 06, 1976 the remains of PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh were identified and his status changed from MIA to Killed in Action, body recovered.
Contributor: Bruce Barney
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You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
KENNETH WARD PUGH - Navy - PRCS - E8
Age: 26
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Sep 6, 1939
From: LANCASTER, CA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married with one son. He has two daughters from a previous marriage, Brenda Lee Southall and sister Pamela Lynn Schmidt.
***** Eddieb, I am Brenda Southall daughter of Kenneth Pugh. I found this memorial page online while trying to get information on getting my dads medals . The information of him having one son is correct but he also had 2 daughters from a previous marriage. myself ,Brenda Lee Southall and my sister Pamela Lynn Schmidt. I hope this information can be corrected on this page.
Thank you for this page
Brenda Southall
PRCS - E8 - Navy - Regular
Casualty was on Apr 12, 1966
In COMMUNIST CHINA
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Note: Promoted while in MIA status
ID No: 571489325
Unit: VAH-4, CVW-11, USS KITTY HAWK, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA
Incident Date: 04/12/1966
Casualty Date: 04/12/1966
Age at Loss: 26
Location: Province not reported, Communist China
Remains: 1966 status: Body Not Recovered. Found later.
Repatriated: 12/16/1975 (Returned to US soil)
Identified: 01/06/1976
Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Fixed Wing - Crew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Note: Promoted while in MIA status
Casualty Date: 04/12/1966
Remains: 1966 status: Body Not Recovered. Found later.
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 06E - Line 107
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh killed in an air loss/ crashed on land.
*******************************************
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Kenneth Ward Pugh from Lancaster, California lost his life at the age of 26 on April 12, 1966.
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Kenneth Ward Pugh was born on September 06, 1939 and was in the U.S. Navy assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron 4 (VAH-4), Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), USS Kitty Hawk, Task Force 77 (TF-77), 7th Fleet.
On April 12, 1966 at 1134 hours, LCDR William A. Glasson, pilot; and LTJG Larry M. Jordan, ATAA Reuben B. Harris and PRCS Kenneth W. Pugh, crewmembers, were flying a KA-3B aerial tanker from Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines for a return flight to their base carrier.
The crew were all assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron 4, Detachment Charlie on board the USS Kitty Hawk. The aircraft had just undergone repair of minor skin damage in the nose wheel area. When the aircraft did not arrive at the ship at the planned recovery time, a search and rescue effort was initiated with the assistance of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and units from the 3rd ARRG/13th Air Force.
A diplomatic incident occurred on April 19th when twenty-four aircraft from the USS Kitty Hawk hit a harbor town 35 miles from the Chinese border. No aircraft were lost over the town, Cam Pha, but a Polish merchant ship in the harbor claimed to have been nearly struck by a bomb. Messages flew between Washington D.C. and the fleet regarding details of the incident. Hitting so close to Communist China's borders was dangerous. Soon the Chinese began claiming numerous violations of their airspace by "United States Imperialists".
The Chinese claimed the destruction of this KA-3B aircraft flown by LCDR William A. Glasson lost on April 12, 1966 saying the aircraft had flown into Chinese territory and was shot down near Hainan Island, which roughly correlated in both time and approximate location with the missing KA-3B aircraft. Protests were lodged by the State Department, but the Communists maintained that the plane was attacking Chinese fishermen on the high seas of the Gulf of Tonkin.
It was later determined after search and rescue efforts were terminated that the KA-3B aircraft was in fact shot down in the vicinity of the Luichow Peninsula, Kwangtung Province, China. It was the opinion of a casualty review board that the crew most likely was killed in the crash. Normally, tankers are unarmed, but they still retained their weapons bay, and the United States never denied outright that the Skywarrior was armed. This is not the first time such a situation had occurred. From time to time, there were claims and counterclaims of shoot downs and harassment. It is probably true also that American pilots in hot pursuit of escaping MiGs may have inadvertently--or intentionally--chased their quarry into Red China.
On December 16, 1975, the People's Republic of China returned ashes it said were those of PRCS Kenneth Pugh, but gave no word of the rest of the crew. LCDR William A. Glasson, LTJG Larry M. Jordan and ATCS Reuben B. Harris are among less than a dozen Americans missing in China from the Vietnam War. LCDR William A. Glasson was promoted to CDR and LTJG Larry M. Jordan was promoted to LCDR while MIA. The ranks of ATCS Reuben B. Harris and PRCS Kenneth Pugh went they were shot down are unclear and they were both promoted to Senior Chief while MIA.
All 3 of these men are among less than a dozen Americans listed as MIA in China from the Vietnam War. On January 06, 1976 the remains of PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh were identified and his status changed from MIA to Killed in Action, body recovered.
Contributor: Bruce Barney
**********************************************
.
In Memory of .....PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
KENNETH WARD PUGH - Navy - PRCS - E8
Age: 26
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Sep 6, 1939
From: LANCASTER, CA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married with one son. He has two daughters from a previous marriage, Brenda Lee Southall and sister Pamela Lynn Schmidt.
***** Eddieb, I am Brenda Southall daughter of Kenneth Pugh. I found this memorial page online while trying to get information on getting my dads medals . The information of him having one son is correct but he also had 2 daughters from a previous marriage. myself ,Brenda Lee Southall and my sister Pamela Lynn Schmidt. I hope this information can be corrected on this page.
Thank you for this page
Brenda Southall
PRCS - E8 - Navy - Regular
Casualty was on Apr 12, 1966
In COMMUNIST CHINA
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Note: Promoted while in MIA status
ID No: 571489325
Unit: VAH-4, CVW-11, USS KITTY HAWK, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA
Incident Date: 04/12/1966
Casualty Date: 04/12/1966
Age at Loss: 26
Location: Province not reported, Communist China
Remains: 1966 status: Body Not Recovered. Found later.
Repatriated: 12/16/1975 (Returned to US soil)
Identified: 01/06/1976
Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Fixed Wing - Crew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Note: Promoted while in MIA status
Casualty Date: 04/12/1966
Remains: 1966 status: Body Not Recovered. Found later.
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 06E - Line 107
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh killed in an air loss/ crashed on land.
*******************************************
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Kenneth Ward Pugh from Lancaster, California lost his life at the age of 26 on April 12, 1966.
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Kenneth Ward Pugh was born on September 06, 1939 and was in the U.S. Navy assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron 4 (VAH-4), Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), USS Kitty Hawk, Task Force 77 (TF-77), 7th Fleet.
On April 12, 1966 at 1134 hours, LCDR William A. Glasson, pilot; and LTJG Larry M. Jordan, ATAA Reuben B. Harris and PRCS Kenneth W. Pugh, crewmembers, were flying a KA-3B aerial tanker from Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines for a return flight to their base carrier.
The crew were all assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron 4, Detachment Charlie on board the USS Kitty Hawk. The aircraft had just undergone repair of minor skin damage in the nose wheel area. When the aircraft did not arrive at the ship at the planned recovery time, a search and rescue effort was initiated with the assistance of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and units from the 3rd ARRG/13th Air Force.
A diplomatic incident occurred on April 19th when twenty-four aircraft from the USS Kitty Hawk hit a harbor town 35 miles from the Chinese border. No aircraft were lost over the town, Cam Pha, but a Polish merchant ship in the harbor claimed to have been nearly struck by a bomb. Messages flew between Washington D.C. and the fleet regarding details of the incident. Hitting so close to Communist China's borders was dangerous. Soon the Chinese began claiming numerous violations of their airspace by "United States Imperialists".
The Chinese claimed the destruction of this KA-3B aircraft flown by LCDR William A. Glasson lost on April 12, 1966 saying the aircraft had flown into Chinese territory and was shot down near Hainan Island, which roughly correlated in both time and approximate location with the missing KA-3B aircraft. Protests were lodged by the State Department, but the Communists maintained that the plane was attacking Chinese fishermen on the high seas of the Gulf of Tonkin.
It was later determined after search and rescue efforts were terminated that the KA-3B aircraft was in fact shot down in the vicinity of the Luichow Peninsula, Kwangtung Province, China. It was the opinion of a casualty review board that the crew most likely was killed in the crash. Normally, tankers are unarmed, but they still retained their weapons bay, and the United States never denied outright that the Skywarrior was armed. This is not the first time such a situation had occurred. From time to time, there were claims and counterclaims of shoot downs and harassment. It is probably true also that American pilots in hot pursuit of escaping MiGs may have inadvertently--or intentionally--chased their quarry into Red China.
On December 16, 1975, the People's Republic of China returned ashes it said were those of PRCS Kenneth Pugh, but gave no word of the rest of the crew. LCDR William A. Glasson, LTJG Larry M. Jordan and ATCS Reuben B. Harris are among less than a dozen Americans missing in China from the Vietnam War. LCDR William A. Glasson was promoted to CDR and LTJG Larry M. Jordan was promoted to LCDR while MIA. The ranks of ATCS Reuben B. Harris and PRCS Kenneth Pugh went they were shot down are unclear and they were both promoted to Senior Chief while MIA.
All 3 of these men are among less than a dozen Americans listed as MIA in China from the Vietnam War. On January 06, 1976 the remains of PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh were identified and his status changed from MIA to Killed in Action, body recovered.
Contributor: Bruce Barney
**********************************************
.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
KENNETH WARD PUGH - Navy - PRCS - E8
Age: 26
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Sep 6, 1939
From: LANCASTER, CA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married with one son. He has two daughters from a previous marriage, Brenda Lee Southall and sister Pamela Lynn Schmidt.
***** Eddieb, I am Brenda Southall daughter of Kenneth Pugh. I found this memorial page online while trying to get information on getting my dads medals . The information of him having one son is correct but he also had 2 daughters from a previous marriage. myself ,Brenda Lee Southall and my sister Pamela Lynn Schmidt. I hope this information can be corrected on this page.
Thank you for this page
Brenda Southall
PRCS - E8 - Navy - Regular
Casualty was on Apr 12, 1966
In COMMUNIST CHINA
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Note: Promoted while in MIA status
ID No: 571489325
Unit: VAH-4, CVW-11, USS KITTY HAWK, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA
Incident Date: 04/12/1966
Casualty Date: 04/12/1966
Age at Loss: 26
Location: Province not reported, Communist China
Remains: 1966 status: Body Not Recovered. Found later.
Repatriated: 12/16/1975 (Returned to US soil)
Identified: 01/06/1976
Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Fixed Wing - Crew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Note: Promoted while in MIA status
Casualty Date: 04/12/1966
Remains: 1966 status: Body Not Recovered. Found later.
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
Panel 06E - Line 107
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh killed in an air loss/ crashed on land.
*******************************************
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Kenneth Ward Pugh from Lancaster, California lost his life at the age of 26 on April 12, 1966.
Senior Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Kenneth Ward Pugh was born on September 06, 1939 and was in the U.S. Navy assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron 4 (VAH-4), Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), USS Kitty Hawk, Task Force 77 (TF-77), 7th Fleet.
On April 12, 1966 at 1134 hours, LCDR William A. Glasson, pilot; and LTJG Larry M. Jordan, ATAA Reuben B. Harris and PRCS Kenneth W. Pugh, crewmembers, were flying a KA-3B aerial tanker from Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines for a return flight to their base carrier.
The crew were all assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron 4, Detachment Charlie on board the USS Kitty Hawk. The aircraft had just undergone repair of minor skin damage in the nose wheel area. When the aircraft did not arrive at the ship at the planned recovery time, a search and rescue effort was initiated with the assistance of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and units from the 3rd ARRG/13th Air Force.
A diplomatic incident occurred on April 19th when twenty-four aircraft from the USS Kitty Hawk hit a harbor town 35 miles from the Chinese border. No aircraft were lost over the town, Cam Pha, but a Polish merchant ship in the harbor claimed to have been nearly struck by a bomb. Messages flew between Washington D.C. and the fleet regarding details of the incident. Hitting so close to Communist China's borders was dangerous. Soon the Chinese began claiming numerous violations of their airspace by "United States Imperialists".
The Chinese claimed the destruction of this KA-3B aircraft flown by LCDR William A. Glasson lost on April 12, 1966 saying the aircraft had flown into Chinese territory and was shot down near Hainan Island, which roughly correlated in both time and approximate location with the missing KA-3B aircraft. Protests were lodged by the State Department, but the Communists maintained that the plane was attacking Chinese fishermen on the high seas of the Gulf of Tonkin.
It was later determined after search and rescue efforts were terminated that the KA-3B aircraft was in fact shot down in the vicinity of the Luichow Peninsula, Kwangtung Province, China. It was the opinion of a casualty review board that the crew most likely was killed in the crash. Normally, tankers are unarmed, but they still retained their weapons bay, and the United States never denied outright that the Skywarrior was armed. This is not the first time such a situation had occurred. From time to time, there were claims and counterclaims of shoot downs and harassment. It is probably true also that American pilots in hot pursuit of escaping MiGs may have inadvertently--or intentionally--chased their quarry into Red China.
On December 16, 1975, the People's Republic of China returned ashes it said were those of PRCS Kenneth Pugh, but gave no word of the rest of the crew. LCDR William A. Glasson, LTJG Larry M. Jordan and ATCS Reuben B. Harris are among less than a dozen Americans missing in China from the Vietnam War. LCDR William A. Glasson was promoted to CDR and LTJG Larry M. Jordan was promoted to LCDR while MIA. The ranks of ATCS Reuben B. Harris and PRCS Kenneth Pugh went they were shot down are unclear and they were both promoted to Senior Chief while MIA.
All 3 of these men are among less than a dozen Americans listed as MIA in China from the Vietnam War. On January 06, 1976 the remains of PRCS Kenneth Ward Pugh were identified and his status changed from MIA to Killed in Action, body recovered.
Contributor: Bruce Barney
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