Robert Milvoy Horsky

Vietnam War
Unit309th Air Commando Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromCedar Rapids Iowa
Date of DeathDecember 11 1965
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Horsky was a member of the 309th Air Commando Squadron. On December 11, 1965, he was the pilot of a Fairchild Provider Cargo Aircraft (C-123K) on a mission over Phu Yen, South Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on June 16, 1974 and identified on February 27, 1979. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.