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FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAK
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 11, 1941 – January 17, 1967
Service recordFrederick Joseph Wozniak, of Alpena, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 17, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 46
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1323R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 TRS
- Born
- June 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Alpena, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 17, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 TRS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14E, Line 46
- CEFERINO ADRAN ORTIZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- EDGAR JOE SAFFLE JRCaptain · January 17, 1967
- DALE CLARENCE SCHUMMERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- VICTOR LUIS TORRESPrivate · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY GENE WRIGHTColonel · Panel 14E, Line 47
From Alpena
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- PHILIP BLAINE EMERSONLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- NED ARTHUR HEATHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- GENE PAUL FUSSEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · September 6, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.