The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert N. Buecker
Rank
Pattern Maker Third Class, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
December 20, 1952
Patternmaker Third Class Buecker was crew member of the USS CAFFEY, United States Navy. On December 20, 1952, He was a passenger aboard a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on takeoff. Ninety personnel on board perished.