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Bednarek, Jonathan Bruce, Capt.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Greenlawn, NY
Last Address Da Nang AB, South Vietnam
Casualty Date May 18, 1972
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam, North (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Calverton National Cemetery (VA) - Calverton, New York
Then, 1st Lt. Wesley Ratzel and 1st Lt. Jonathan B. Bednarek, on 18 May, 1972, they took off from Da Nang Air Base, were downed near the city of Kep in Ha Bac Province, North Vietnam. No parachutes were seen and they were listed as MIA.
Their remains were "discovered" in 1988 and repatriated.
I. Toperczer, MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War, Osprey Combat Aircraft 25, 2001, page 90.