Charles Lehman Hackworth
Petty Officer First Class
MABS-16, MAG-16, 1ST MAW, III MAF United States Navy Imboden, Arkansas March 01, 1942 to July 27, 1969 CHARLES L HACKWORTH is on the Wall at Panel W20, Line 57 |
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Corpsman First Class Charles Lehman Hackworth was not assigned to the Purple Foxes, but he served, flew, and died with them. The Purple Foxes are remembered by the women who waited at home, whether mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, or friends, and so is Petty Officer Hackworth. Those women, the continue to support today's Purple Foxes of HMM-364 as they serve our country.
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Notes from The Virtual WallThe HMM-364 Command Chronology states"On 27 July 1969 at 1530 hours, 17 miles SW of Da Nang, Quang Nam Province, RVN. Crew of YK-10 (bureau number 154018) of HMM-364 flying on an emergency medevac mission. Upon departure from the pick-up zone the aircraft received intense small arms fire and automatic fire. Aircraft impacted uncontrollably, exploded and burned. Aircraft consumed by fire. All crew and passengers were killed. Eleven lives were lost."Eye witnesses to the crash indicated it probably was due to both hydraulic boost systems being shot out which rendered the aircraft uncontrollable. The known American dead were
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"You guys are the Marine's doctors - There's none better in the business than a Navy Corpsman ..." -- Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller --
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