Memorials
This page is dedicated to honoring the memories of our fellow Top Tigers and Mustangs who have passed away.
If you know of a Top Tiger or Mustang who has passed who is not listed here, you can add a new memorial with a photo by clicking the Add Memorial button.
You can also write a tribute or leave your comments about those already listed on the page. (Approval may be required prior to publishing)
CPT Scott Alwin
1944-08-11 1976-06-26
CPT Scott Robinson Alwin served in Vietnam for 5 years (‘67-‘72) as a combat helicopter pilot, most of which were flying guns. He served with the 68th AHC continuously from mid 1967 until mid 1970. After taking a short extension leave in 1970, Scott returned to Vietnam in January 1971 to serve one more year with the 119th AHC. He served most of those years as a Warrant Officer.
In 1970 Scott Alwin was given a direct commission to 1st Lieutenant. Scott was awarded 207 air medals, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters, a DFC, multiple purple hearts, and several distinguished Vietnam Republic medals. To those in the 68th AHC who flew alongside him, Scott was alread...
Edward Burns (H)
1947-04-16 2023-05-10
dward Harmon Burns, III , age 76, of Kennett Square, PA., passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in Christiana Hospital.
Some lives cannot be completely captured by the written word. Ed Burns, whose loss is grieved by so many, lived such a life. As a raconteur, he could fill the room with his stories. He lived a life that was captured in the two biographies he wrote memorializing them.
Ed was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in West Springfield, Massachusetts where he developed a lifelong devotion to its culture and, of course, the Red Sox. His character was further defined through his experience as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam conflict as...
Stan Christian
1945-08-17 2020-12-02
As we approach our 2021 68th Assault Helicopter Reunion I want to honor one of our fellow Army Aviators giving him the recognition he so soundly deserves. Most of us remember him as Captain Christian, Capt Stan Christian. Stan was Mustang 6 in 1969, following Cpt Lee Daniels command and preceding Cpt Sid King’s command.
Of course he deserves all the honor and respect for his service to his Country and our Company as any value t soldier is due. but he deserves so much more a special recognition for what he contributed to in perpetuating the history and legacy of 68th AHC. Few 68th AHC veterans know that Stan was in fact the original Founder of our Top Tiger and Mustang reunion...
CWO Glenn Haukeness
1948-09-09 1969-06-19
When a close friendship is born during military service on a foreign battlefield, it takes on an intensity in the relationship not experienced anywhere else in one’s life journey. That is why you see the eyes of your combat Veteran loved one light up with a brightness of joy or quickly dim down with tears of sadness when they reminisce about their best military buddy found during their war. If they were lucky, those close combat friends survived and stayed with them in life as they left the soldiering behind. But, tragically, some were suddenly lost forever in the heat of a firefight on some foreign battlefield. Never again to share a beer or laugh at a stupid joke.
Today, I...