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WOZNIAK, FREDERICK JOSEPH

Name: Frederick Joseph Wozniak
Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force
Unit: Udorn AFB, Thailand
Date of Birth: 11 June 1941
Home City of Record: Alpena MI
Date of Loss: 17 January 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 205000N 1053000E (WJ589073)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: RF4C

Other Personnel In Incident: Gary G. Wright (missing)

Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 October 1990 from one or more of
the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.

REMARKS: A/C DISAP - NO TRACE OF CREW

SYNOPSIS: The Phantom, used by Air Force, Marine and Navy air wings, served a
multitude of functions including fighter-bomber and interceptor, photo and
electronic surveillance. The two man aircraft was extremely fast (Mach 2), and
had a long range (900 - 2300 miles, depending on stores and mission type). The
F4 was also extremely maneuverable and handled well at low and high altitudes.
Most pilots considered it one of the "hottest" planes around.

Maj. Gary G. Wright and his backseater, 1Lt. Frederick J. Wozniak, were aboard
an RF4C aircraft when it disappeared on an unarmed reconnaissance mission over
North Vietnam on January 17, 1967. The plane was lost in Than Hoa Province.

That same day, Peking Radio announced that three American planes had been downed
over Hanoi on January 17. The announced location coincided with the intended
flight path of Wright's mission. While no names were given, there is a
reasonable possibility that Wright and Wozniak survived.

Wright and Wozniak were not among the prisoners of war that were released in
1973 by the Vietnamese. The Vietnamese deny any knowledge of them, though
circumstances surrounding their incident indicate the strong probability that
enemy forces knew their fates.

Alarmingly, evidence continues to mount that Americans were left as prisoners in
Southeast Asia and continue to be held today. Unlike "MIAs" from other wars,
most of the nearly 2500 men and women who remain missing in Southeast Asia can
be accounted for. If even one was left alive (and many authorities estimate the
numbers to be in the hundreds), we have failed as a nation until and unless we
do everything possible to secure his freedom and bring him home.

Gary G. Wright was promoted to the rank of Colonel and Frederick J. Wozniak was
promoted to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained Missing in
Action.
 
 

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