Last name: MACKEDANZ
First name: LYLE EVERETT
Home of Record (official): HUTCHINSON
State (official): MN
Date of Birth: Saturday, September 16, 1939
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
Branch: Army
Rank: SFC
Serial Number: 475409701
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E7
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 67N40
Major Organization: 1st Aviation Bde
Start of Tour: Sunday, April 21, 1968
Date of Casualty: Wednesday, August 28, 1974
Age at time of loss: 34
Casualty type: (A3) Hostile, died while missing
Reason: Air loss - Crashed on land (Helicopter, non-crew)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Thua Thien
The Wall: Panel 51E - Row 022
Respectfully submitted by his cousin, Ron "Mack" Mackedanz
CURTIS LEE HATTERMAN
Funeral services for Curtis Lee Hatterman, 59, of Enid will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 19, 2005, at Ladusau-Evans Chapel. Rev. Don Tines will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrange-ments are made by Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
He was born January 28, 1946, in Enid to William Louis and Laura Schultz Hatterman and died December 14, 2005, in Enid.
He attended Adams Grade School, Longfellow Junior High, and Enid High School, graduating in 1964. He attended Oklahoma State Technology in drafting at Okmulgee, OK.
He was drafted into the United States Army in 1967, and attended basic training in Ft. Bliss, TX, Advanced Infantry Training at Ft. Polk, LA, and Non-Commissioned Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA before going to Vietnam. In Vietnam he served in the famous Bandido Charlie Company in both the 9th and 1st Infantry Divisions earning him the Combat Infantry Badge and the Purple Heart among other awards.
After his return from Vietnam in 1969, he married Debora Dale of Shattuck November 27, 1969, in Enid and worked for several engineering and surveying companies through the years retiring in 2004, from the Engineering Department with the City of Enid.
He was a member of the Society of the First Infantry Division; a member of the Sixteenth Infantry Regiment Association, of the 1st Infantry Division; and the Board of Directors for the 9th Infantry Division Society, Old Reliables; a lifetime member and webmaster for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Local 2270; a lifetime member and webmaster for the Vietnam Veterans of America, Local Chapter 940. He was also the creator of and webmaster for the Bandido Charlie Company Association; the 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment Association; the 9th Division Association; the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment (Veterans) and 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment (Veterans). 1st Infantry Division web sites. In 2004, he was inducted as Distinguished Member of the Regiment for the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division at Regimental headquarters, Ft. Riley, and KS.
Surviving are his wife, Debbie of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Wilma) Grimes of Enid, and Delores Roberts and her husband Keith of Broken Arrow, OK. Nieces and nephews; Cheryl Smith of Enid, Robert and Patta Grimes of Hunter, Phillip and Micah Roberts of Huntsville, AL, and Jamie and Steven Cox of Broken Arrow, OK; four great-nieces and four great-nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and infant brother Oray Dean.
Memorials may be made to the Vietnam Veterans of America Local Chapter 940, Enid or charity of your choice.
William Ralph Morledge
We had just met that evening before going out on that fateful ambush. I knew him less than five hours. In the excitement of being wounded myself that night, I forgot his name. All I could remember was that he said he was a rodeo rider back home. Through the years I had looked at the names listed on the Wall several times knowing his name was listed somewhere on it. It took thirty-two years and the help of the internet before I was able to find his name so I could know who to thank - the name of the young man who saved my life that night of September 20, 1968. Thank you my Bandido brother.
William R. "Bill" Morledge - Panel 43W - Row 048.
Respectfully, Curtis Hatterman
Michael John Tessaro
FINEST SON By RON MACKEDANZ
The year was 1968,and into 69.
Brave young soldiers wrote letters home.
Said Mom, I’m doing fine.
When in reality, things were not so well.
From the rice paddies and the jungles,
war was a living hell.
On January 8th of 69, Michael Tessaro died
some men held their heads,
and some men even cried
One of Americas’ finest sons’ and a brother to us all,
now lies at rest in his family plot.
His name is on The Wall.
His name is on The Wall.
Mike Tessaro and I , at his son Michael's gravesite
