Specific Veteran Memorial: CMM Frank P. Wojtkiewicz - Agawam, MA

CMM Frank P. Wojtkiewicz

Agawam, MA

N 42° 02.667 W 072° 37.179

Short Description: 

The remains of Frank P. Wojtkiewicz were not recovered from the USS Arizona after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A monument has been erected in his memory in the Massachusetts Veterans  Cemetery.

Long Description:

A cenotaph monument honoring the memory of Frank P. Wojtkiewicz is a 3' high granite marker, identical to the other grave markers found in the cemetery. It is inscribed:

IN MEMORY OF 

FRANK P

WOJTKIEWICZ

CMM

US NAVY

WORLD WAR II

DEC 4 1908

DEC 7 1941

KIA

The monument in memory of Frank P. Wojtkiewicz, is located in a special section of the Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery adjacent to Massachusetts Veterans Boulevard. A separate monument in the center of the section is inscribed with the dedication:

IN MEMORY OF ALL VETERANS WHOSE

REMAINS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOVERED OR

IDENTIFIED, BURIED AT SEA, OR WHOSE

CREMATED REMAINS HAVE BEEN 

SCATTERED ON LAND OR SEA

MERCY WARREN CHAPTER

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION

2002

Frank P. Wojtkiewicz was born in Westfield, MA on December 4, 1908. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served as a Chief Machinist's Mate on the USS Arizona. On December 7, 1941 the battleship USS Arizona was anchored in Pearl Harbor, HI when it was bombed, exploded, and sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Chief Petty Officer Frank P. Wojtkiewicz was one of the 1,177 officers and crewmen of the USS Arizona that were killed that day. The wreck of the USS Arizona could still lies where it sunk at the bottom of Pearl Harbor.