DYCZKOWSKI, ROBERT RAYMOND
Remains Identified 2000 - Burial April 2001.
Name: Robert Raymond Dyczkowski
Rank/Branch: O3/US Air Force
Unit: 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Korat Airbase, Thailand
Date of Birth: 23 June 1932
Home City of Record: Buffalo NY
Date of Loss: 23 April 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 220000N 1055000E (WK860328)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 4
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F105D
Refno: 0313
Other Personnel In Incident: (none missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 March 1991 from one or more of
the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence
with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W.
NETWORK 2022.
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: The F105 Thunderchief ("Thud"), in its various versions, flew more
missions against North Vietnam than any other U.S. aircraft. It also
suffered more losses, partially due to its vulnerability, which was
constantly under revision.
Robert R. Dyczkowski was born in Buffalo, New York in 1932. He attended St.
Mary's Parochial School and Burgard Vocational High School, where he became
a member of the Civil Air Patrol. While a member of the Air Force reserves,
he was accepted for pilot training and subsequently sent to Vietnam as an
F105 pilot.
Pilots in Vietnam did not serve a certain period of time, as was the case
with ground troops, but rather flew 100 missions which completed their tour
in-country. It was on Dyczkowski's 99th mission in North Vietnam on April
23, 1966 that his F-105 disappeared about 75 miles north of Hanoi.
Dyczkowski's aircraft was number two in a flight of three and disappeared
after pulling off the target. He failed to rejoin the flight after
acknowledging instructions to do so. Subsequent radio contact with him was
unsuccessful all search efforts were fruitless. There has been no further
information concerning his fate.
Robert R. Dyczkowski was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel during
the period he was maintained missing.
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Associated Press Newswires
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Remains found in Vietnam identified as Buffalo-area pilot
TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) - Air Force Capt. Robert Dyczkowski will be given a
place in Arlington National Cemetery on April 6, 35 years after his death
during a bombing mission over North Vietnam.....
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| Date: | Sun, 24 May 2020 20:16:36 +0000 (UTC) |
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| From: | Sunta Velazquez <suntavelazquez@yahoo.com> |
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I just found information on your page about Robert Dyczkowski.
Although I wore his bracelet many years ago, I never forgot his name, or stopped wondering what ever
became of him, or if his family had ever been able to receive any sort of closure.
It was comforting to read about his service and that he had been finally buried back home. I hope his
family knows how much his service is appreciated.
I would like to thank those responsible for the bracelet program. It keeps ever present the invaluable
sacrifice of those who serve.
Susan Mourgas
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01/2020
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000rXJ7VEAW
On July 5, 2000, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now
DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Robert Raymond
Dyczkowski, missing from the Vietnam War.
Colonel Dyczkowski entered the U.S. Air Force from New York and
was a member of the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron. On April
23, 1966, he piloted an F-10D Thunderchief (tail number 61-157,
call sign "Oak 02") on a "Rolling Thunder" mission against enemy
targets in North Vietnam. After completing a run at a target,
"Oak 02" crashed for unknown reasons in a restricted area of
Thai Nguyen Province. Colonel Dyczkowski's remains could not be
recovered at the time. Between 1988 and 1999, joint
investigative teams gained access to the Viet Bac Museum, where
they reviewed records and artifacts correlating to this
aircraft's loss; investigators also surveyed alleged burial and
crash site locations. Their findings later led investigators to
reexamine human remains that the Vietnamese government had
repatriated in 1977. In 2000, modern forensic techniques were
able to identify Col Dyczkowski from these remains.
Colonel Dyczkowski is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing
at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.