More detail on this person: Services for
Richard "Skip: Lloyd Hatter, 81, of Salado will be
1 p.m. Tuesday at Broecker Funeral Home of
Salado.
Mr. Hatter died Monday, June 16, in a Temple
nursing home.
He was born July 17, 1926, to Lloyd and Hattie
Evelyn Rutherford Hatter in Moody. He was
honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy and the
U.S. Army, serving in World War II, the Korean
conflict and the Vietnam War, retiring in 1968. He
served in the Atlantic on the USS Charger and the
USS Hancock; and in the Pacific on the USS
Shangri La. His combat tours were: World War II
Pacific War Zone; 3 tours in the Korean War Zone
during the Korean Conflict; and 2 tours in Vietnam
Conflict in the Vietnam War Zone. He flew a Bell,
Hiller and Sikorsky helicopters. In two combat
tours in Vietnam he was the helicopter gunship
pilot. He flew 193 combat missions with 507
combat flight hours. His military awards include
the Bronze Star. Upon retiring, he worked for Bell
Helicopter International as registrar of the
Iranian technical training center for pilots and
maintenance personnel in Isfahan, Iran.
Memorials may be made to the Fisher House
Foundation, 1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 600,
Rockville, Md. 20852.
From: Temple Daily Telegram Published June 21,
2008
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