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WLADYKO-JAMES

JAMES  C. "VLAD" WLADYKO

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ABOARD USS HANCOCK CVA-19 1962
Deceased 04/15/2017
Rate/Rank
ATN2
Service Branch
USN 7/1961 - 10/1964
Speciality
AVIATION NAVIGATION
Born 11/08/1943
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
EDIT THIS LOG PRINT LOG PRINT MEMORIES BLUE SCREEN
JIM PROUDLY SERVED 4 YEARS IN THE NAVY, INCLUDING SERVICE IN VIETNAM. AFTER THE USN, HE WENT ON TO SERVE WITH THE MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP (NJ) POLICE, WHERE HE WAS AMONG THE HIGHEST DECORATED OFFICERS IN THE HISTORY OF THAT POLICE AGENCY.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
NAVAL AIR STATION, LEMOORE, CALIF.
USS HANCOCK CVA-19
ATTACK SQUADRON VA-212 (ATKRON-212) 'THE RAMPANT RAIDERS'
A.O.: SOUTHEAST ASIA, INCL. PHILIPPINE SEA
A.O.: SOUTH CHINA SEA: SOUTH VIETNAM
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (VIETNAM)
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL
SERVICE MEMORIES

EVEN AS AN AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN/NAVIGATION (AT), JIM SAW SOME ACTION IN VIETNAM, BUT IT WAS BEFORE THINGS REALLY HEATED-UP OVER THERE. HE SPOKE FONDLY OF HIS SERVICE, AND RIGHTLY SO. ALSO, HE IS THE SON OF AMM1 CHARLES A. WLADYKO, USN (LISTED HEREIN).