WERENCZUK THOR M

CW4 Thor M. Werenczuk was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 07/09/2016 at the age of 69.7
Clarksville, TN
Flight Class 71-45
Date of Birth 11/03/1946
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by Sammie Williams

More detail on this person: CW4 Thor Michale Werenczuk was born on November 3, 1946 in a Displaced Persons Camp in Bad Wörishofen, Germany, before resettling with his mother in Chicago, Illinois.

He served in Vietnam during the Tet offensive after being drafted, and upon discharge, he attended warrant officer candidate school and proudly served in the US Army for 22 years as a helicopter pilot. Thor enjoyed going to the beach, gardening and watching the Green Bay Packers, and he was a kind and funny husband and devoted father.

A resident of Clarksville, Tennessee, Thor passed away on July 9, 2016.

Survivors included a daughter; a married son; grandson; granddaughter; married sister-in-law; and a married niece with children.

A Celebration of Life Service was held at Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Chapel, and burial was to be in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Original obituary in The Leaf Chronicle on July 11, 2016

Burial: Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA

This information was last updated 07/15/2016

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