United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Captain Kenneth Frank Backus served in the U.S. Air Force. Kenneth served with the 497 TFS UBON AB. Kenneth served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Kenneth was 28 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115R: Pilot, Tactical Fighter, Pilot Systems Operator, (F-4 Phantom II) (Rear Seat Operator or Guy in Back)
PILOT
PYRITES, NY
1975
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
Permanent identifier
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Kenneth Frank Backus
Captain
U.S. Air Force
- 1975
497th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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