THE WALL OF FACES

CITATION:
SYNOPSIS: Commander Robert Clarence Frosio, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight on 21 August 1966, as flight leader of an eight-plane flight of A-4E aircraft against the Thanh Hoa Railway Station in North Vietnam.
See https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/305681

CITATION:
SYNOPSIS: Commander Robert Clarence Frosio, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for sustained heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight from 10 August to 12 November 1966, in leading daily strikes against heavily defended targets in North Vietnam.
See https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/305681

The Department of Defense conducted a ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday, 20 September 2019 in recognition of POW/MIA Recognition Day. Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Nordquist remembered the 1,587 MIAs from the Vietnam War as well as all those still unaccounted for from WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War and other conflicts. Since the 2018 Ceremony, DPAA has positively identified 7 Vietnam War MIAs. Commander Robert Clarence Frosio, USNA Class of 1950, is one of those 1,587 MIAs unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. He is the only graduate from his U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis class who is still MIA.

This is the link to the DoD story about the ceremony:

https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1967474/prisoners-of-war-missing-in-action-remembered-at-pentagon-ceremony/

This is the link to the C-Span video of the ceremony:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?464524-1/pentagon-hosts-national-powmia-recognition-day-ceremony

Dear Cdr Robert Frosio,
Thank you for your service as an Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot) from the U.S.S. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. You are still MIA. Please come home. It has been too long, and it's about time for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

I had the pleasure of serving with CDR Frosio prior to Viet Nam while he was assigned to ATTACKRON 76 home based at NAS Oceana VA. I think he was an LT at the time, but he was admired and respected by everyone in the squadron, officers and men alike. RIP Bob Frosio, you are still in the hearts and minds of your fellow squadron mates after 51 years.