HONORED ON PANEL 27W, LINE 108 OF THE WALL
HAROLD LEE ECKERT JR
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HAROLD L ECKERT JR
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27W/108
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LEFT FOR HAROLD LEE ECKERT JR
POSTED ON 5.25.2023
POSTED BY: Jury Washington
Thank You For Your Valiant Service Soldier.
May those who served never be forgotten. Rest in peace CWO. Eckert, I salute your brave soul. My heart goes out to you and your family.
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POSTED ON 6.28.2022
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever…..
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POSTED ON 2.19.2021
POSTED BY: Peter Paden
Fellow Hooker
Flew many missions with Mr Eckert he was a exceptional and brave pilot and never said never. Respected all he flew with and had respect of all that flew with him
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POSTED ON 2.9.2021
POSTED BY: Gary E Eccles
REMEMBERING AN AMERICAN HERO
Ms. HEATHER KOWALSKI
Your Uncle, “Weird Harold” was an extraordinary man who could lighten up a conversation – make you forget you were in a War where any second, in a second, your life could be over. God Bless him!
We all did “Weird” things to keep busy and to try to keep our minds off our situation. But it was the exceptional ones that were able to funnel nervous energy into something positive. The generator for instance illuminated the entire company making our lives a little more tolerable, but could be shut down and the entire lighting turned off instantly during a mortar/rocket attack. That was your uncle’s doing with the help of a number of our electricians.
“This scrounged generator became the Varsity primary power source at Camp Eagle. The generator failed a couple times a month, but was valiantly maintained by CW2 Harold Lee Eckert, Jr from Hershey, PA. More on “Weird Harold” later and his Varsity roommate CW2 Gary “Strange” Streid.” “Young Hookers in Vietnam” by Frank Buzzard
“…they painted (their room) flat black, floors, walls, and ceiling. It featured fluorescent painted stars and they had managed to obtain a black lite as well.” Gary Thewlis
Make no mistake, not when he was flying! He was all business until we returned from a mission and had shut down for the night.
It saddened me greatly when I learned his Hook went down. In our area of operation, his was the first Hook destroyed in a crash. And then the unbelievable report that the entire crew was lost. From January when he left our company to join A company, there was many a time we joked about something, another prank, your uncle had excelled at. And then word came he had been piloting the aircraft.
Gary,
SP5 Crew Chief
B Co. 159th ASHB, May 68-Aug 69
Your Uncle, “Weird Harold” was an extraordinary man who could lighten up a conversation – make you forget you were in a War where any second, in a second, your life could be over. God Bless him!
We all did “Weird” things to keep busy and to try to keep our minds off our situation. But it was the exceptional ones that were able to funnel nervous energy into something positive. The generator for instance illuminated the entire company making our lives a little more tolerable, but could be shut down and the entire lighting turned off instantly during a mortar/rocket attack. That was your uncle’s doing with the help of a number of our electricians.
“This scrounged generator became the Varsity primary power source at Camp Eagle. The generator failed a couple times a month, but was valiantly maintained by CW2 Harold Lee Eckert, Jr from Hershey, PA. More on “Weird Harold” later and his Varsity roommate CW2 Gary “Strange” Streid.” “Young Hookers in Vietnam” by Frank Buzzard
“…they painted (their room) flat black, floors, walls, and ceiling. It featured fluorescent painted stars and they had managed to obtain a black lite as well.” Gary Thewlis
Make no mistake, not when he was flying! He was all business until we returned from a mission and had shut down for the night.
It saddened me greatly when I learned his Hook went down. In our area of operation, his was the first Hook destroyed in a crash. And then the unbelievable report that the entire crew was lost. From January when he left our company to join A company, there was many a time we joked about something, another prank, your uncle had excelled at. And then word came he had been piloting the aircraft.
Gary,
SP5 Crew Chief
B Co. 159th ASHB, May 68-Aug 69
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