03 Jun 2008 In November 1992 my friend Steve Haukeness told me this about his older brother, Glenn S. Haukeness Jr, a gunship pilot with the 48th Assault Helicopter Company, who died after volunteering to cover for a rescue mission. "We were very close as brothers. His hair was lighter than mine and he was very strong. He was an excellent ballplayer, a switch-hitting catcher for the Strum (Wisconsin) town team. They called him 'Moose'. Glenn drove a '66 Chevy Impala Super Sport red convertible with a white top. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for one year before enlisting in the Army." Many of Glenn's comrades have contacted the Haukeness family throughout the years. "One said my brother didn't have to go on that last mission, that he already had more than enough flight hours in. In two weeks he was going on R and R to Australia, then back for two weeks to train replacements and then home. But that's the kind of guy my brother was - when they needed him, he'd go." My friend, Steve Haukeness, 46, of Strum, died Sunday, July 20, 1997, at Osseo Area Medical Center from injuries received in an automobile accident. Steve loved his brother very much. From his brother's friend. E-mail address is not available.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 19 June 1969 four men of the 68th Assault Helo Company died when their UH-1C Huey (hull number 66-15184) was shot down 10 kilometers north-northwest of Gia Ray: WO1 Robert Alwyn Williams, pilot WO1 Glenn Sheldon Haukeness, Jr, copilot SGT Richard D. Baca, crew chief SP4 Alan M. Rouchon, gunner

Contact Us

© Copyright 1997-2019 www.VirtualWall.org, Ltd ®(TM)

Last update 08/15/2019.