Korean War Project

Note: Original postings on the Korean War Project from 1995 to about 1999.

301st Com Recon Bn

On Mon, 29 Jul 1996
KmonsterX@aol.com wrote:

The sources of information I have is my Dad's hororable discharge card 
and a letter that he mailed to his sister from Korea dated Feb. 15, 1953.

His name was Fred George Hetzel (Aug. 10 1933 - February 09, 1961).
To the best of my knowledge, he went by "Freddie."

In the letter I have, he mentions "returning to the 501st" 
On his discharge card, it reads: Most significant duty assigned- 
Hq & Hq Det 301st  C/R Bn A P O 909.

His service no.: RA 16 367 504
Component and Branch or Class: RA SIG C
Grade-Rate-Rank and Date of Appointment: CPL(T), 29 Oct 53
Date of Separation: 10 June 54

The only only thing I was told, was that he was in Recon. There's 
several stories about him, but each story-teller has their own version! 

However, all of their endings seem the same, in that something really 
awful happened to my Dad.  

..one more thing, in the letter he wrote, he mentioned that from the 
501st, they were transfering people over to Heartbreak Ridge.


Once again, Thank you, soooo much!
K....