CORDIER, KENNETH WILLIAM

RIP 06/18/2024


Name: Kenneth William Cordier
Rank/Branch: O3/United States Air Force, pilot
Unit: 559th TFS Cam Ranh Bay
Date of Birth: 16 February 1937
Home City of Record: Canton OH
Date of Loss: 02 December 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 213000N 1050000E
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4C, #7608
Missions: 91 (175)
Incident No: 0532
Other Personnel in Incident: Mike Lane, Returnee

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May 1998


May 2017


Tony Orlando and Barbie Cordier, Colorado Springs 2021

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK 06 September 1996 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. 2025.

REMARKS: 730304 RELEASED BY DRV

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Kenneth Cordier retired from the United States Air Force as a Colonel. He
and his wife Barbie reside in Dallas.

In collecting information for another project, Ken noted he was held in
heartbreak (Hanoi Hilton), Zoo, Zoo Annex, Hope, Unity (Hanoi Hilton) and
Dogpatch "in that order." He has since returned to his possible shootdown
sites, (believed to be just E/NE of Yen Bai) but none turned out to be the
actual site.

 

11/10/2012
Resident connects with former Vietnam POW
Escanaba Daily Press
By Dorothy McKnight - Staff Writer , Daily Press ESCANABA - Stephanie Carpenter of Escanaba had long forgotten about the POW/MIA bracelet bearing the name ...
 
 
Carthage Press
In 1972, Pat Leiker returned to the United States after living in Japan for four years while her husband flew C-130 reconnaissance air craft over ...
A year ago a woman from Virginia contacted Cordier to say that she had received a POW bracelet with his name on it when she was 12 years old.
He earned his first Silver Star in November 1966, leading an F-4 flight ... Among his military awards were two awards of the Silver Star, the ...

06/27/2024

Burial - 12 July 24 - Ken Cordier - DFW National Cemetery, Dallas, TX @ 10:45 AM

 
 
07/13/2024
... 2:33 · Go to channel · Granddaughter Reflects on Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Kearby. City of Arlington, TX•24K views · 15:21 · Go to channel ...
Col. Ken Cordier Celebration of Life service on YouTube:
 

Col. Ken Cordier Vietnam POW interment 

https://cowtown.smugmug.com/Col-Ken-Cordier-Vietnam-POW-interment

 

Col. Ken Cordier Vietnam POW Celebration of Life

https://cowtown.smugmug.com/Celebration-of-Life-Col-Kenneth-Cordier

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