Kenneth David Kerby, 77, a former teacher in the Fairfax school system and a retired Marine Corps colonel who was a combat aviator in two wars, died March 18 at the Regency nursing home in Forestville. He had Alzheimer's disease.
Col. Kerby, who lived in Arlington, taught science and mathematics at McLean High School from 1960 to 1976. Before that, he had spent nearly 30 years in the Marine Corps. He flew fighters in the Pacific theater during World War II and commanded a tactical unit of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea during the war there.
He was a native of Cascade, Idaho, and a 1935 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He received his wings at Pensacola Naval Air Base before flying from land bases and carriers in such Pacific campaigns as Guadalcanal and Okinawa.
Col. Kerby held a variety of Marine aviation assignments here and abroad, and was stationed at Marine Headquarters when he retired from active duty in 1960. He was a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and he had been a student and instructor at the Naval War College. He received a master's degree in education from American University.
His decorations included the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and two Air Medals. He had been an usher, vestryman and lay reader at the Episcopal Falls Church.
Col. Kerby, who lived in Arlington, taught science and mathematics at McLean High School from 1960 to 1976. Before that, he had spent nearly 30 years in the Marine Corps. He flew fighters in the Pacific theater during World War II and commanded a tactical unit of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea during the war there.
He was a native of Cascade, Idaho, and a 1935 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He received his wings at Pensacola Naval Air Base before flying from land bases and carriers in such Pacific campaigns as Guadalcanal and Okinawa.
Col. Kerby held a variety of Marine aviation assignments here and abroad, and was stationed at Marine Headquarters when he retired from active duty in 1960. He was a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and he had been a student and instructor at the Naval War College. He received a master's degree in education from American University.
His decorations included the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and two Air Medals. He had been an usher, vestryman and lay reader at the Episcopal Falls Church.
Kenneth David Kerby, 77, a former teacher in the Fairfax school system and a retired Marine Corps colonel who was a combat aviator in two wars, died March 18 at the Regency nursing home in Forestville. He had Alzheimer's disease.
Col. Kerby, who lived in Arlington, taught science and mathematics at McLean High School from 1960 to 1976. Before that, he had spent nearly 30 years in the Marine Corps. He flew fighters in the Pacific theater during World War II and commanded a tactical unit of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea during the war there.
He was a native of Cascade, Idaho, and a 1935 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He received his wings at Pensacola Naval Air Base before flying from land bases and carriers in such Pacific campaigns as Guadalcanal and Okinawa.
Col. Kerby held a variety of Marine aviation assignments here and abroad, and was stationed at Marine Headquarters when he retired from active duty in 1960. He was a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and he had been a student and instructor at the Naval War College. He received a master's degree in education from American University.
His decorations included the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and two Air Medals. He had been an usher, vestryman and lay reader at the Episcopal Falls Church.
Col. Kerby, who lived in Arlington, taught science and mathematics at McLean High School from 1960 to 1976. Before that, he had spent nearly 30 years in the Marine Corps. He flew fighters in the Pacific theater during World War II and commanded a tactical unit of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea during the war there.
He was a native of Cascade, Idaho, and a 1935 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He received his wings at Pensacola Naval Air Base before flying from land bases and carriers in such Pacific campaigns as Guadalcanal and Okinawa.
Col. Kerby held a variety of Marine aviation assignments here and abroad, and was stationed at Marine Headquarters when he retired from active duty in 1960. He was a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and he had been a student and instructor at the Naval War College. He received a master's degree in education from American University.
His decorations included the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and two Air Medals. He had been an usher, vestryman and lay reader at the Episcopal Falls Church.
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