Colonel Robert Frederick Wilke | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Robert Frederick Wilke

Graduating Class of 1956
Served in The Vietnam War
Attached photograph of Colonel Wilke

Colonel
Robert Frederick Wilke

Air Force
56th Air Commando Wing
602nd Fighter Squadron
7th Air Force

Hometown

Milwaukee, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

North Vietnam

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

More About Colonel Wilke

Colonel Wilke was awarded the Air Force Cross. He was flying a Douglas Attack Skyraider aircraft on a search and rescue mission when radio contact was lost. No trace of him was found.