Chief Warrant Officer William Raymond Hartwell
U.S. Army
128th Assault Helicopter Company
Date of Birth: 11/24/1944
Home of Record: Indianapolis, Indiana Date KIA: 01/10/1968
Casualty Province: Hậu Nghĩa (South Vietnam)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 34E, Line 19
Why we honor him
On January 10, 1968, CWO Hartwell was flying a UH-1B on a combat reconnaissance mission while protecting a medevac when the helicopter went down, killing him.
A remembrance on his Wall of Faces page recounts that the gunner helped pull personnel from the wreckage and used the pilot’s emergency radio to call for rescue, and that SGT John C. Tingley was later killed by ground fire during the extraction.
Reflection
Some heroes run toward gunfire.
Some fly into it because someone on the ground needs a lifeline.
Today, we honor CWO William Raymond Hartwell for the mission he took, the lives his flight protected, and the sacrifice that brought his name to the Wall.
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Today, The Micky Spano Show recognizes Chief Warrant Officer William Raymond Hartwell, U.S. Army, killed in action on January 10, 1968, and remembered on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Panel 34E, Line 19.
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