WINKLER, JOHN ANTHONY

Name: John Anthony Winkler
Branch/Rank: United States Navy/O2
Unit:
Date of Birth: 22 August 1943
Home City of Record: ALEXANDRIA VA
Date of Loss:  22 November 1965
Country of Loss: CHINA/OW  or South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 210413 North  1104240 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CARRIER
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020

REMARKS:

CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/SOUTH VIETNAM/DROWNED/SUFFACATED

No further information available at this time.

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Library of Congress files:

NVN: Biographic Site report for REFNO 2037.
Country: NVN

Name: WINKLER, JOHN A.

Subjects: OVER WATER; USS BON HOMME RICHARD

Reel: 372

Page: 109-111

Type of Document: Automated Data Extract

Date of Report: 93 12 22

Date of Information: 65 11 22

Originator: JTFFA

 

Category: JTFFA FILES

Report of Inconclusive Evidence of Death
Name: John A. Winkler

Subjects: Killed; South China Sea

Comments: 30/12/65 report of casualty enclosed

Reel: 243

Page: 10-15

Type of Document: Miscellaneous

Date of Report: 65 11 30

Date of Information: 65 11 22

Originator: USN

Category: Casualty files


South Vietnam, pre-1975: Case Summary Information for Reference Number 2037
Country: South Vietnam, pre-1975

Name: Winkler, J.A.

Subjects: Drowned

Reel: 443

Page: 1057-1059

Type of Document: Miscellaneous

Date of Report: 96 02 15

Date of Information: 65 11 22

Originator: DPMO

Category: MISC PW FILES

South Vietnam, pre-1975: Change in Category from Dead BNR to Remains
Nonrecoverable
Country: South Vietnam, pre-1975

Name: John A. Winkler

Subjects: Killed; South China Sea

Comments: includes list of servicemen whose remains are not recoverable

Reel: 243

Page: 23-28

Type of Document: Miscellaneous

Date of Report: 76 01 16

Date of Information: 65 11 21

Originator: JCRC

Category: Casualty files

 

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02/2020

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SA JOHN ANTHONY WINKLER

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Seaman Apprentice John Anthony Winkler entered the U.S. Navy from Virginia and served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31). He was assigned a mess cooking detail aboard the ship. On November 23, 1965, he was marked missing when he failed to report at the morning muster, after having last been seen in the mess cook berthing compartment the previous evening. A thorough search of the entire ship was conducted, but SA Winkler could not be found. He remains unaccounted for. Today, Seaman Apprentice Winkler is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.

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