134th Assault Helicopter Company

Then N Now Gallery Lauritsen - Porter

Last Modified: Saturday August 29th, 2026
Corky Lauritsen
In-Country 07/69-09/70
Thomas Lewis
In-Country 08/69-08/70
Joe Malingo
In-Country 07/67-11/68
Daniel Marshall
In-Country 01/68-01/69
Paul Maryanski
In-Country 04/70-12/70
Charles McAfee
In-Country 03/69-02/70
Jack E. McDonald
In-Country 09/68-09/69
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Ray McIntosh
In-Country 12/70-12/71

Don McNeely
In-Country 10/68-10/69
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Tony Medina
In-Country 09/70-04/72
Cary Mendelsohn
In-Country 01/70-12/70
James Mosley
In-Country 12/69-9/70

Ted Motsinger
In-Country 01/67-04/67
In early 1967, while the 134th Assault Helicopter Company was still building up at Fort Bragg, the First Sergeant (Sergeant Carter), suggested we ought to have a unit patch. Being a soldier with some artistic skills I ran with it. In a couple of days I came back with an appropriate design and gave it to him. After that I never really gave it a second thought. I didn't know it would eventually become the unit patch for the 134th Assault Helicopter Company. It does my heart good to know, now years later, it's still significant.

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Charles Murry
In-Country 10/70-10/71
Kirk Muth
In-Country 11/67-07/69
Dave Nappier
In-Country ??/??-??/??
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Ralph Newberry
In-Country 12/69-12/70
Don Newman
In-Country 07/69-07/70
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Al Nichols
In-Country 06/67-12/67
Ray Noble
In-Country 06/69-06/70
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Bernie O'Donnell
In-Country 11/68-11/69
Mike Ogrysko
In-Country 01/68-01/69
Milton Omid
In-Country 03/69-??/71
Robert Palmer
In-Country 03/70-11/71
Brian Parshall
In-Country 02/70-12/70
Artie Partin
In-Country 01/69-01/70
Rick Pemberton
In-Country 01/69-01/70
Hank Pietrzak
In-Country 12/70-12/71
The following passage is 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 WO1 Hank Pietrzak, 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.
Tragically, just five years after returning from Vietnam, Hank's life was cut short on November 8, 1976. He is buried in Fox Cemetery, Sevierville, Sevier County, TN. This photo of Hank, taken by photographer Hans J. Underwood, captures a moment in time during 1971 in Cheo Reo.
Tom Pippi
In-Country ??/70-??/71
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Bruce Porter
In-Country ??/70-??/71
With remarkable attention to detail, Dan Porter, son of Bruce Porter (Devil 6), brought the nose art on 66-15238 back to life. The aircraft now stands on display at the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum in Essex, Maryland.
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