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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Sgt Stephen Willcox - Deceased
Casualty Info
Home Town Marianna
Last Address Bien Hoa AB
Casualty Date Feb 11, 1962
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Lam Dong (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Oak Ridge Cemetery - Inverness, Florida
1st Lt. Hartson boarded a Vietnamese SC-47A aircraft (# 15732 on a missionbetween Saigon enroute to Danang to drop propaganda leaflets with a New Year's message from President Kennedy over the high plateau area of central Vietnam....
As the aircraft swept low near the village of Blao, a concealed enemy force opened fire. The plane was struck by small arms fire and crashed in the mountains southwest of the village. A joint US / Vietnamese rescue team was sent to the crash site.
The following crew and passengers were aboard the aircraft:
6 USAF Personnel:
Capt. Edward Kissam
Capt. Joseph Fahey
1st Lt Jack Le Tourneau
1st Lt Stanley Hartson
TSgt Floyd Frazier
A1C Robert Westfall
U.S. Army Personnel
2nd Lt. Lewis Walling
SP4 Glen Merrihew
VSVNAF
2 unknown South Vietnamese Air Force personnel
Hartson Street at Hurlbert Field was named in his honor.
