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ROBERT RAYMOND DYCZKOWSKI
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
June 23, 1932 – April 23, 1966
Service recordRobert Raymond Dyczkowski, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 23, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 129
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 421 TFS
- Born
- June 23, 1932
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 23, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 129
- DENIS EUGENE ABBOTTPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WEIMORTSLieutenant Commander · April 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD COOKSergeant · April 23, 1966
- FRANCISCO CORREA-MORALESPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.