In Memory of Navy .... SA John Anthony Winkler.
*** His hometown memorial is in Mount Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia.
*** Seaman Apprentice Winkler was a crew member of the Aircraft Carrier USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31). On November 22, 1965, he fell overboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JOHN ANTHONY WINKLER - Navy - SA - E2
Country of Loss: CHINA/OW or South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 210413 North 1104240 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CARRIER
Age: 22
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Aug 22, 1943
From: ALEXANDRIA, VA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single
***** I knew Tony during High School and he visited our farm 4 miles south of Alexandria many times. Tony's father was Commandant at the Coast Guard Radio Station adjacent to our farm. My Dad had a piano in our living room and Tony would usually start playing it. A great piano player and a good friend. He has been missed.
Posted on 7/2/14 - by Lewis Cassidy
***** ( Pictures ) - The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of the Military Services, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, celebrated a Mass on Armed Forces Day for members of the U.S. Armed Forces – living and deceased. The "Friends of Rocky Versace" submitted the name of Seaman Apprentice John A. Winkler, one of the 67 men whose names are chiseled into stone at the CPT Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, to be included in the celebration of the Mass. SA Winkler's name was on the altar for the Mass, celebrated on 20 May 2012 at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC (pictured). May he Rest in Peace.
K. R. Alexandria
His tour began on Nov 22, 1965
Casualty was on Nov 22, 1965
In SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, SEA CASUALTY
John Anthony Winkler - Seaman Apprentice
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Seaman Apprentice
ID No: 226541945
MOS: 0000: Not Recorded
Length Service: **
Unit: USS BON HOMME RICHARD, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA
Casualty Date: 11/22/1965
Age at Loss: 22
Location: Offshore, Military Region 2, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Casualty at sea
ON THE WALL Panel 03E Line 109
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was not recovered
Other Personnel in Incident:
REMARKS: CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/SOUTH VIETNAM/DROWNED/SUFFACATED
No further information available at this time.
On November 22, 1965, he fell overboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and drowned in the South China Sea.
His remains were not recovered.
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.
*** His hometown memorial is in Mount Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia.
*** Seaman Apprentice Winkler was a crew member of the Aircraft Carrier USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31). On November 22, 1965, he fell overboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JOHN ANTHONY WINKLER - Navy - SA - E2
Country of Loss: CHINA/OW or South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 210413 North 1104240 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CARRIER
Age: 22
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Aug 22, 1943
From: ALEXANDRIA, VA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single
***** I knew Tony during High School and he visited our farm 4 miles south of Alexandria many times. Tony's father was Commandant at the Coast Guard Radio Station adjacent to our farm. My Dad had a piano in our living room and Tony would usually start playing it. A great piano player and a good friend. He has been missed.
Posted on 7/2/14 - by Lewis Cassidy
***** ( Pictures ) - The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of the Military Services, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, celebrated a Mass on Armed Forces Day for members of the U.S. Armed Forces – living and deceased. The "Friends of Rocky Versace" submitted the name of Seaman Apprentice John A. Winkler, one of the 67 men whose names are chiseled into stone at the CPT Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, to be included in the celebration of the Mass. SA Winkler's name was on the altar for the Mass, celebrated on 20 May 2012 at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC (pictured). May he Rest in Peace.
K. R. Alexandria
His tour began on Nov 22, 1965
Casualty was on Nov 22, 1965
In SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, SEA CASUALTY
John Anthony Winkler - Seaman Apprentice
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Seaman Apprentice
ID No: 226541945
MOS: 0000: Not Recorded
Length Service: **
Unit: USS BON HOMME RICHARD, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA
Casualty Date: 11/22/1965
Age at Loss: 22
Location: Offshore, Military Region 2, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Casualty at sea
ON THE WALL Panel 03E Line 109
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was not recovered
Other Personnel in Incident:
REMARKS: CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/SOUTH VIETNAM/DROWNED/SUFFACATED
No further information available at this time.
On November 22, 1965, he fell overboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and drowned in the South China Sea.
His remains were not recovered.
****************************
.
In Memory of Navy .... SA John Anthony Winkler.
*** His hometown memorial is in Mount Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia.
*** Seaman Apprentice Winkler was a crew member of the Aircraft Carrier USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31). On November 22, 1965, he fell overboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JOHN ANTHONY WINKLER - Navy - SA - E2
Country of Loss: CHINA/OW or South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 210413 North 1104240 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CARRIER
Age: 22
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Aug 22, 1943
From: ALEXANDRIA, VA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single
***** I knew Tony during High School and he visited our farm 4 miles south of Alexandria many times. Tony's father was Commandant at the Coast Guard Radio Station adjacent to our farm. My Dad had a piano in our living room and Tony would usually start playing it. A great piano player and a good friend. He has been missed.
Posted on 7/2/14 - by Lewis Cassidy
***** ( Pictures ) - The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of the Military Services, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, celebrated a Mass on Armed Forces Day for members of the U.S. Armed Forces – living and deceased. The "Friends of Rocky Versace" submitted the name of Seaman Apprentice John A. Winkler, one of the 67 men whose names are chiseled into stone at the CPT Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, to be included in the celebration of the Mass. SA Winkler's name was on the altar for the Mass, celebrated on 20 May 2012 at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC (pictured). May he Rest in Peace.
K. R. Alexandria
His tour began on Nov 22, 1965
Casualty was on Nov 22, 1965
In SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, SEA CASUALTY
John Anthony Winkler - Seaman Apprentice
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Seaman Apprentice
ID No: 226541945
MOS: 0000: Not Recorded
Length Service: **
Unit: USS BON HOMME RICHARD, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA
Casualty Date: 11/22/1965
Age at Loss: 22
Location: Offshore, Military Region 2, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Casualty at sea
ON THE WALL Panel 03E Line 109
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was not recovered
Other Personnel in Incident:
REMARKS: CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/SOUTH VIETNAM/DROWNED/SUFFACATED
No further information available at this time.
On November 22, 1965, he fell overboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and drowned in the South China Sea.
His remains were not recovered.
****************************
.
*** His hometown memorial is in Mount Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia.
*** Seaman Apprentice Winkler was a crew member of the Aircraft Carrier USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31). On November 22, 1965, he fell overboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
JOHN ANTHONY WINKLER - Navy - SA - E2
Country of Loss: CHINA/OW or South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 210413 North 1104240 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CARRIER
Age: 22
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Aug 22, 1943
From: ALEXANDRIA, VA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single
***** I knew Tony during High School and he visited our farm 4 miles south of Alexandria many times. Tony's father was Commandant at the Coast Guard Radio Station adjacent to our farm. My Dad had a piano in our living room and Tony would usually start playing it. A great piano player and a good friend. He has been missed.
Posted on 7/2/14 - by Lewis Cassidy
***** ( Pictures ) - The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of the Military Services, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, celebrated a Mass on Armed Forces Day for members of the U.S. Armed Forces – living and deceased. The "Friends of Rocky Versace" submitted the name of Seaman Apprentice John A. Winkler, one of the 67 men whose names are chiseled into stone at the CPT Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, to be included in the celebration of the Mass. SA Winkler's name was on the altar for the Mass, celebrated on 20 May 2012 at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC (pictured). May he Rest in Peace.
K. R. Alexandria
His tour began on Nov 22, 1965
Casualty was on Nov 22, 1965
In SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, SEA CASUALTY
John Anthony Winkler - Seaman Apprentice
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank: Seaman Apprentice
ID No: 226541945
MOS: 0000: Not Recorded
Length Service: **
Unit: USS BON HOMME RICHARD, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA
Casualty Date: 11/22/1965
Age at Loss: 22
Location: Offshore, Military Region 2, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Casualty at sea
ON THE WALL Panel 03E Line 109
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was not recovered
Other Personnel in Incident:
REMARKS: CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/SOUTH VIETNAM/DROWNED/SUFFACATED
No further information available at this time.
On November 22, 1965, he fell overboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and drowned in the South China Sea.
His remains were not recovered.
****************************
.
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