HONORED ON PANEL 21E, LINE 89 OF THE WALL
THOMAS MICHAEL HANRATTY
WALL NAME
THOMAS M HANRATTY
PANEL / LINE
21E/89
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR THOMAS MICHAEL HANRATTY
POSTED ON 2.16.2003
POSTED BY: Candace Lokey
Not Forgotten
I have not forgotten you. I chair the Adoption Committee for The National League of Families of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action in Southeast Asia. We will always remember the 1,889 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and the thousands of others that lost their lives. We will not stop our efforts until all of you are home where you belong.
We need to reach the next generation so that they will carry on when our generation is no longer able. To do so, we are attempting to locate photographs of all the missing. If you are reading this remembrance and have a photo and/or memory of this missing American that you would like to share for our project, please contact me at:
Candace Lokey
PO Box 206
Freeport, PA 16229
[email protected]
If you are not familiar with our organization, please visit our web site at :
www.pow-miafamilies.org
We need to reach the next generation so that they will carry on when our generation is no longer able. To do so, we are attempting to locate photographs of all the missing. If you are reading this remembrance and have a photo and/or memory of this missing American that you would like to share for our project, please contact me at:
Candace Lokey
PO Box 206
Freeport, PA 16229
[email protected]
If you are not familiar with our organization, please visit our web site at :
www.pow-miafamilies.org
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POSTED ON 6.20.1999
POSTED BY: Edwin Fitzgerald
Remembrance
Didn't know him but he died with my 7 friends.
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POSTED ON 2.14.1999
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE BRAVE YOUNG MARINESWHOSE NAMES SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
CAPTAIN
CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEID
PILOT
AGE 30
MAJOR
JOHN SANDERS OLDHAM
CO-PILOT
AGE 33
LANCE CORPORAL
JOSE JESUS GONZALEZ
CREWMAN
AGE 22
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
THOMAS MICHAEL HANRATTY
CREWMAN
AGE 20
- HMM 265 - MARINE AIR GROUP 16 -
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
CHARLES DENNIS CHOMEL
AGE 19
LANCE CORPORAL
DENNIS RAY CHRISTIE
AGE 20
LANCE CORPORAL
JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY III
AGE 20
LANCE CORPORAL
MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEK
AGE 19
LANCE CORPORAL
JAMES WILLARD KOOI
AGE 18
CORPORAL
JIM EDWIN MOSHIER
AGE 23
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
JAMES EDWARD WIDENER
AGE 18
- 3RD RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY -
- 3RD RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION -
- 3RD MARINE DIVISION -
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ON JUNE 6, 1967
CAPTAIN BOHLSCHEID WAS THE PILOT OF A
CH46A HELICOPTER INSERTING A SEVEN-MAN USMC
FORCE RECONNAISSANCE TEAM INTO A PREDESIGNATED
AREA 11.5 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF DONG HA,
SOUTH VIETNAM, RIGHT ON THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE.
A TOTAL OF FOUR AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED IN
THIS MISSION, TWO CH46 AND TWO UH1E GUNSHIPS.
THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DONG HA AT ABOUT 1115 HRS
AND PROCEEDED TO THE INSERTION LOCATION.
THE TWO GUNSHIPS MADE LOW STRAFING RUNS OVER
THE LANDING ZONE TO CLEAR BOOBY TRAPS AND TO
LOCATE ANY ENEMY TROOPS IN THE AREA, HOWEVER
NO ENEMY FIRE WAS RECEIVED AND NO ENEMY ACTIVITY
WAS NOTED OR OBSERVED.
THE LEAD HELICOPTER THEN BEGAN ITS APPROACH
TO THE LANDING ZONE AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE
OF BETWEEN 400 TO 600 FEET THE AIRCRAFT WAS
OBSERVED TO CLIMB ERRATICALLY IN A SIMILAR WAY
TO AN AIRCRAFT COMMENCING A LOOP.
MACHINE GUN MEN HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THE
OPPORTUNE TIME TO FIRE ON THE HELICOPTERS.
PORTIONS OF THE TAIL ROTOR WERE SEEN TO SEPARATE
FROM THE HELICOPTER AND RADIO TRANSMISSION WAS
RECEIVED THAT INDICATED THEY HAD BEEN HIT AND
WERE GOING TO TRY TO SET DOWN AWAY FROM THE
ACTION BUT AT THIS POINT THE HELICOPTER BECAME
INVERTED AND CONTINUED OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL
IT WAS SEEN TO CRASH BY A STREAM IN A STEEP RAVINE.
SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS BY GROUND UNITS TO REACH
THE CRASH SITE FAILED DUE TO A HEAVY BUNKER
COMPLEX SURROUNDING THE SITE. NEARBY GROUND
UNITS INSPECTED THE SITE FROM WITHIN 500 METERS
THROUGH BINOCULARS AND OBSERVED NO SURVIVORS.
FOR THE ELEVEN CREWMEN ONBOARD THE CH46A THIS
DAY THEIR DEATHS SEEMED A CERTAINTY AND THEY
WERE THEREFORE CLASSIFIED AS BEING
KILLED IN ACTION / BODIES NOT RECOVERED.
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEID
PILOT
AGE 30
MAJOR
JOHN SANDERS OLDHAM
CO-PILOT
AGE 33
LANCE CORPORAL
JOSE JESUS GONZALEZ
CREWMAN
AGE 22
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
THOMAS MICHAEL HANRATTY
CREWMAN
AGE 20
- HMM 265 - MARINE AIR GROUP 16 -
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
CHARLES DENNIS CHOMEL
AGE 19
LANCE CORPORAL
DENNIS RAY CHRISTIE
AGE 20
LANCE CORPORAL
JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY III
AGE 20
LANCE CORPORAL
MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEK
AGE 19
LANCE CORPORAL
JAMES WILLARD KOOI
AGE 18
CORPORAL
JIM EDWIN MOSHIER
AGE 23
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
JAMES EDWARD WIDENER
AGE 18
- 3RD RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY -
- 3RD RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION -
- 3RD MARINE DIVISION -
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ON JUNE 6, 1967
CAPTAIN BOHLSCHEID WAS THE PILOT OF A
CH46A HELICOPTER INSERTING A SEVEN-MAN USMC
FORCE RECONNAISSANCE TEAM INTO A PREDESIGNATED
AREA 11.5 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF DONG HA,
SOUTH VIETNAM, RIGHT ON THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE.
A TOTAL OF FOUR AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED IN
THIS MISSION, TWO CH46 AND TWO UH1E GUNSHIPS.
THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DONG HA AT ABOUT 1115 HRS
AND PROCEEDED TO THE INSERTION LOCATION.
THE TWO GUNSHIPS MADE LOW STRAFING RUNS OVER
THE LANDING ZONE TO CLEAR BOOBY TRAPS AND TO
LOCATE ANY ENEMY TROOPS IN THE AREA, HOWEVER
NO ENEMY FIRE WAS RECEIVED AND NO ENEMY ACTIVITY
WAS NOTED OR OBSERVED.
THE LEAD HELICOPTER THEN BEGAN ITS APPROACH
TO THE LANDING ZONE AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE
OF BETWEEN 400 TO 600 FEET THE AIRCRAFT WAS
OBSERVED TO CLIMB ERRATICALLY IN A SIMILAR WAY
TO AN AIRCRAFT COMMENCING A LOOP.
MACHINE GUN MEN HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THE
OPPORTUNE TIME TO FIRE ON THE HELICOPTERS.
PORTIONS OF THE TAIL ROTOR WERE SEEN TO SEPARATE
FROM THE HELICOPTER AND RADIO TRANSMISSION WAS
RECEIVED THAT INDICATED THEY HAD BEEN HIT AND
WERE GOING TO TRY TO SET DOWN AWAY FROM THE
ACTION BUT AT THIS POINT THE HELICOPTER BECAME
INVERTED AND CONTINUED OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL
IT WAS SEEN TO CRASH BY A STREAM IN A STEEP RAVINE.
SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS BY GROUND UNITS TO REACH
THE CRASH SITE FAILED DUE TO A HEAVY BUNKER
COMPLEX SURROUNDING THE SITE. NEARBY GROUND
UNITS INSPECTED THE SITE FROM WITHIN 500 METERS
THROUGH BINOCULARS AND OBSERVED NO SURVIVORS.
FOR THE ELEVEN CREWMEN ONBOARD THE CH46A THIS
DAY THEIR DEATHS SEEMED A CERTAINTY AND THEY
WERE THEREFORE CLASSIFIED AS BEING
KILLED IN ACTION / BODIES NOT RECOVERED.
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
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