He may be gone but he is not forgotten – On this day January 24, 1967, Army Captain William (Billie) E. Hingston Jr. , pilot of a UH-1C Huey Helicopter, was killed in action while serving his country in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, about 83 miles west of Pleiku. He was born on November 26, 1940 and lived 26 Years and 2 Months. Captain Hingston was a former hockey star at Archbishop Williams High School as well as United States Military Academy West Point . He joined the Armed Forces while living in East Braintree, Massachusetts. He graduated from Archbishop Williams in 1958, attended Boston College for one year before transferring to the United States Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1963. He served in the United States Army as an aviator (helicopter pilot) and in three years of service he attained the rank of Captain. At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife Nancy Hingston of Columbus, Ga, his son William E. the 3rd and his dau...
This blog is dedicated to the Braintree residents who died while serving in Vietnam. (Don Snyder)
To fallen soldiers let us sing
ReplyDeleteWhere no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the mansions of the Lord
#No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
Just divine embrace, eternal light
In the mansions of the lord
#Where no mothers cry
And no children weep
We shall stand and guard through the angels sleep
While through the ages safely keep
The mansions of the lord