On November 8th, 1976, five years after returning from Vietnam, Hank's life was tragically cut short just short of his 25
th birthday. He is laid to rest in Fox Cemetery, Sevierville, TN.
Home of record: Newport, TN
Flight Class 71-5
Date of Birth 12/10/1951
Served in the United States Army
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More details: Hank is buried in a cemetary at the intersection of Fox Cemetery Rd. and Hwy 411 in Sevier County, TN, a few miles southwest of Newport (Cocke County), TN.
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Hans J. Underwood, webmaster 13thahc.com
The following passage was taken from the 1971 History page.
On the 27th of November 1971 at 1845 hours, the last Demon aircraft to fly a scheduled mission in Vietnam touched down at Hell's Half Acre. Aircraft 177 with Pilot WO1 Hank Pietrzak, Pilot 1LT Barton, CE SP5 Ike Pena and G SP5 Jeff Lemon had flown a mission to Pleiku and back. At 1848 the blades ceased to turn, by 1915 the ship was postflighted and pushed into the revetments for the last time.
In 1971, during a MACV mission in Cheo Reo, Hans J. Underwood documented this moment with Hank, one of many memories preserved through his lens.
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