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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Matthew Worshinski.

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ROBERT MATTHEW WORSHINSKI

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

June 2, 1947 – August 22, 1968

Service record

Robert Matthew Worshinski, of Roselle Park, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 22, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 47W · Line 36

Position of Panel 47W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 2, 1947
Home of record
Roselle Park, New Jersey (Union County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 22, 1968
Age
21
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 47W, Line 36

From Roselle Park

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.