US PARAS 2 Hanawald, Len Martin (Airborne)

[John Robertson]

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• SURNAME

Hanawald ​

• FORENAME

Len Martin (Airborne) ​

• UNIT

506 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (HQ and HQ Company,2 Bn - C.O.) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

525665789 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

3rd September 1969 ​

• AGE

34 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 46 Site 189-5 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Albuquerque,New Mexico​

born 9.9.1935 Albuquerque,New Mexico​

husband of Margaret ("Peggy") Hanawald (2 daughters Sally and Jennifer)​

graduated New Mexico Military Institute,Roswell,New Mexico 1953​

USMA West Point 1953-57​

Basic Officers Course,Fort Benning 1957-58​

501st Infantry Regiment,101st Airborne Division​

505th Infantry Regiment,101st Airborne Division​

Infantry Officers Career Course​

Special Forces 1964-65 (award Silver Star for Vietnam 1965)​

Command and General Staff College,Fort Leavenworth​

Infantry Officers Branch,Office of Personnel Ops,Washington,DC​

2 Bn 506th Infantry Regiment,101st Airborne Division 6.5.1969​

awards Silver Star with oak leaf cluster,Bronze Star with 3 oak leaf clusters,Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal​

WIA during helicopter ambush and DOW enroute to Camp Evans,Quang Tri Province,​

South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 18W Line 28 ​

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