James Edward Hannibal
Lance Corporal
HMM-364, MAG-16, 1ST MAW, III MAF United States Marine Corps Mountain View, California January 06, 1947 to January 26, 1969 JAMES E HANNIBAL is on the Wall at Panel W34, Line 84 |
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22 Jul 2003 At about 3 AM on the morning of 26 Jan 1969 two CH-46s launched from Marble Mountain on an emergency medevac mission. The pick-up aircraft, CH-46D BuNo 153997, was crewed by
The chase aircraft, piloted by 1st Lt Don Robbins, attempted to lower crewman LCpl Curtis P. Knox to the crash site to check for survivors, but when the jungle penetrator cable was fully extended Knox was still 50 feet above the ground. Robbins abandoned the attempt, only to find that the hoist retract was inoperable and Knox could not be hoisted aboard. Knox dangled below the CH-46D while Robbins flew six miles to the nearest secure landing zone, where he gently lowered his aircraft until Knox was safely on the ground. Jimmy Hannibal was better known as "Jiminy Cricket" ... this photo was taken while he was in "A" School, NAS Jacksonville, in the spring of 1967. These seven men, and the other Purple Foxes who served in Vietnam, are remembered by the women who waited at home, whether mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, or friends. Those women, the continue to support today's Purple Foxes of HMM-364 as they serve our country.
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I was in Boot Camp and ITR with Jimmy. We called him the "Acorn" for reasons I won't mention. After training, we went our separate ways and I didn't know where Jim had been assigned. I did a tour with Hotel, 2/5 where I survived the Battle for Hue during the Tet 1968 Offensive. Years later, while trying to locate Jim, I learned of his death. Such a tragedy. He was a wonderful human being, a great friend, and a true Marine. God bless you, Jim. Semper Fi!
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Jimmy was my first cousin although I never net him (I was just 7 when he died). He was the only son of my aunt Ethel Edwards Hannibal Weber. Jim's dad, Hank, died of a self-inflicted wound about a year after Jim was lost in Vietnam. His mother, Ethel, continued to live in the Mountain View/Sunnyvale CA area for many years. She remarried a retired United pilot, Ed Weber, and after his death moved to the Fargo-Moorhead (MN/ND) area in 2000 to be near her family. Our family, although most of us never knew Jimmy because he grew up so far away, have always felt his loss.
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