Washington Post, The (DC) - November 17, 1983
Deceased Name: Maj. David Graham Buell, 35, a Marine Corps pilot Maj. David Graham Buell, 35, a Marine Corps pilot who was killed Nov. 4 when his F4F Phantom jet crashed off the coast of North Carolina, was a resident of Arlington and a former student at Yorktown High School.
Maj. Buell was the executive officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, which is based at the Marine Air Station at Beaufort, S.C. A Marine spokesman said the plane crashed about 16 miles southeast of New River, N.C., and that the accident still was under investigation. A crewman, Air Force Capt. Donald Spearel of Clearwater, Fla., an exchange officer, also was killed in the crash.
Maj. Buell was born in Annapolis and moved to Arlington in 1960. After attending Yorktown High, he graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute. He was commissioned in the Marine Corps after graduating in 1969 from the U.S. Naval Academy. He earned a master's degree in aerospace systems at the University of West Florida.
His assignments included duty in Vietnam and Hawaii and at posts in the continental United States, including the Marine base at Quantico.
Survivors include his wife, Kari Hansen Buell, and three children, Thomas, Sarah and Amanda, all of Beaufort; his parents, retired Navy Capt. T.C. Buell of Coronado, Calif., and Jacqueline O. Buell of Falls Church, and two sisters, Carol Buell of Guilford, Conn., and Catherine Buell-McFarlane of Masawa, Japan.
Deceased Name: Maj. David Graham Buell, 35, a Marine Corps pilot Maj. David Graham Buell, 35, a Marine Corps pilot who was killed Nov. 4 when his F4F Phantom jet crashed off the coast of North Carolina, was a resident of Arlington and a former student at Yorktown High School.
Maj. Buell was the executive officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, which is based at the Marine Air Station at Beaufort, S.C. A Marine spokesman said the plane crashed about 16 miles southeast of New River, N.C., and that the accident still was under investigation. A crewman, Air Force Capt. Donald Spearel of Clearwater, Fla., an exchange officer, also was killed in the crash.
Maj. Buell was born in Annapolis and moved to Arlington in 1960. After attending Yorktown High, he graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute. He was commissioned in the Marine Corps after graduating in 1969 from the U.S. Naval Academy. He earned a master's degree in aerospace systems at the University of West Florida.
His assignments included duty in Vietnam and Hawaii and at posts in the continental United States, including the Marine base at Quantico.
Survivors include his wife, Kari Hansen Buell, and three children, Thomas, Sarah and Amanda, all of Beaufort; his parents, retired Navy Capt. T.C. Buell of Coronado, Calif., and Jacqueline O. Buell of Falls Church, and two sisters, Carol Buell of Guilford, Conn., and Catherine Buell-McFarlane of Masawa, Japan.
Washington Post, The (DC) - November 17, 1983
Deceased Name: Maj. David Graham Buell, 35, a Marine Corps pilot Maj. David Graham Buell, 35, a Marine Corps pilot who was killed Nov. 4 when his F4F Phantom jet crashed off the coast of North Carolina, was a resident of Arlington and a former student at Yorktown High School.
Maj. Buell was the executive officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, which is based at the Marine Air Station at Beaufort, S.C. A Marine spokesman said the plane crashed about 16 miles southeast of New River, N.C., and that the accident still was under investigation. A crewman, Air Force Capt. Donald Spearel of Clearwater, Fla., an exchange officer, also was killed in the crash.
Maj. Buell was born in Annapolis and moved to Arlington in 1960. After attending Yorktown High, he graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute. He was commissioned in the Marine Corps after graduating in 1969 from the U.S. Naval Academy. He earned a master's degree in aerospace systems at the University of West Florida.
His assignments included duty in Vietnam and Hawaii and at posts in the continental United States, including the Marine base at Quantico.
Survivors include his wife, Kari Hansen Buell, and three children, Thomas, Sarah and Amanda, all of Beaufort; his parents, retired Navy Capt. T.C. Buell of Coronado, Calif., and Jacqueline O. Buell of Falls Church, and two sisters, Carol Buell of Guilford, Conn., and Catherine Buell-McFarlane of Masawa, Japan.
Deceased Name: Maj. David Graham Buell, 35, a Marine Corps pilot Maj. David Graham Buell, 35, a Marine Corps pilot who was killed Nov. 4 when his F4F Phantom jet crashed off the coast of North Carolina, was a resident of Arlington and a former student at Yorktown High School.
Maj. Buell was the executive officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, which is based at the Marine Air Station at Beaufort, S.C. A Marine spokesman said the plane crashed about 16 miles southeast of New River, N.C., and that the accident still was under investigation. A crewman, Air Force Capt. Donald Spearel of Clearwater, Fla., an exchange officer, also was killed in the crash.
Maj. Buell was born in Annapolis and moved to Arlington in 1960. After attending Yorktown High, he graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute. He was commissioned in the Marine Corps after graduating in 1969 from the U.S. Naval Academy. He earned a master's degree in aerospace systems at the University of West Florida.
His assignments included duty in Vietnam and Hawaii and at posts in the continental United States, including the Marine base at Quantico.
Survivors include his wife, Kari Hansen Buell, and three children, Thomas, Sarah and Amanda, all of Beaufort; his parents, retired Navy Capt. T.C. Buell of Coronado, Calif., and Jacqueline O. Buell of Falls Church, and two sisters, Carol Buell of Guilford, Conn., and Catherine Buell-McFarlane of Masawa, Japan.
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