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Last Modified: Wednesday July 2nd, 2025
Corky Lauritsen
In-Country 07/69-09/70
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Thomas Lewis
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Joe Malingo
In-Country 07/67-11/68
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Daniel Marshall
In-Country 01/68-01/69
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Paul Maryanski
In-Country 04/70-12/70
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Charles McAfee
In-Country 03/69-02/70
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Jack E. McDonald
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Ray McIntosh
In-Country 12/70-12/71
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Don McNeely
In-Country 10/68-10/69
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Tony Medina
In-Country 09/70-04/72
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Cary Mendelsohn
In-Country 01/70-12/70
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James Mosley
In-Country 12/69-9/70
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Ted Motsinger
In-Country 01/67-04/67
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Charles Murry
In-Country 10/70-10/71
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Kirk Muth
In-Country 11/67-07/69
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Dave Nappier
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Ralph Newberry
In-Country 12/69-12/70
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Don Newman
In-Country 07/69-07/70
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Al Nichols
In-Country 06/67-12/67
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Ray Noble
In-Country 06/69-06/70
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Bernie O'Donnell
In-Country 11/68-11/69
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Mike Ogrysko
In-Country 01/68-01/69
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Milton Omid
In-Country 03/69-??/71
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Robert Palmer
In-Country 03/70-11/71
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Brian Parshall
In-Country 02/70-12/70
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Artie Partin
In-Country 01/69-01/70
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Rick Pemberton
In-Country 01/69-01/70
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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 in Cheo Reo in 1971.
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Tom Pippi
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Bruce Porter
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Dan Porter, the son of Bruce Porter, did a fantastic job restoring the nose art on 238 which is on display at the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum Essex, Maryland.
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