Kennard F. Bubier

{{Short description|American Marine (1902–1983)}}

Kennard F. Bubier (October 11, 1902 - July 2, 1983) was a Gunnery Sergeant of the U.S. Marine Corps and an aviation mechanic known for being member of the 1928–1930 Byrd Antarctic Expedition.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PnZNAQAAIAAJ&q=Kennard+Bubier+BYrd+expedition&pg=RA11-PA83 |title = The Marine Corps Gazette|year = 1968}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31336140/bubier_11530/|title=Bubier 11|newspaper=The Missoulian|date=5 November 1930|page=5}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07B_CgAAQBAJ&q=bubier&pg=PA418 |title = Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, the Flight to the South Pole|isbn = 9781442241718|last1 = Byrd|first1 = Richard Evelyn Jr.|date = 2015-05-15}}

Bubier was born in Providence, Rhode Island.{{Cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/8600|title=Kennard Bubier - Recipient - Military Times Hall Of Valor|website=valor.militarytimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}

At retirement from the US Marine Corps he held the rank of lieutenant colonel. Bubier worked for Lockheed Martin for 11 years following his military service. He died in 1983 in California.{{Citation |last= |first= |title=Byrd Veterans |date=1984 |work=Antarctic |volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=206 |year= |url=https://antarcticsociety.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Antarctic.V10.6.1984.pdf |access-date= |publisher=New Zealand Antarctic Society |last2= |first2= |author-link= |author2-link=}}.