Friday. The Hall of Heroes is located on the first floor of the William S. His parents moved to the area when he was an adult, and he listed their home as his last permanent address.Īlwin will be inducted in the Madison Veterans Administration Hall of Heroes at 11 a.m. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, nestled in farm fields and woods of the town of Berlin in Marathon County. Alwin is buried in the small cemetery of St.
He survived the war, which killed more than 2,200 helicopter pilots, only to die in automotive crash caused by a drunken driver in 1976. He would be bestowed more than 100 medals, including the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He looks exactly like the type of guy who served five tours of duty in the Vietnam War as a helicopter pilot, believed to have logged more time in the air than any other American. Alwin cuts a dashing figure in the photo - slim, square jawed and handsome like Robert Redford. He's wearing a knife attached to his vest and a pistol and ammunition around his waist.Ĭapt. WAUSAU - The photo shows him leaning against an UH-1 Huey helicopter, his helmet in the crook of his right arm, and he's glancing down at some papers in his left hand.
