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WALTER FRANCIS WROBLESKI
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
August 28, 1945 – May 21, 1967
Service recordWalter Francis Wrobleski, of Freehold, New Jersey, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 80
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Freehold, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 21, 1967
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 80
- CLYDE ANDERSON WARDSergeant First Class · May 21, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD WISSMANSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE NATHANIEL WRIGHTPrivate · May 21, 1967
From Freehold
- BARTON EDWARD HAYNESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ANTHONY DAPONTECorporal · May 28, 1968
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD COLEYSergeant · July 7, 1969
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.