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JOHN ANTHONY WINKLER
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
August 22, 1943 – November 22, 1965
Service recordJohn Anthony Winkler, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 109
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- August 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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 3E, Line 109
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- FOSTER JEWELL G TOUART JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
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.