View a eulogy for John Harwood Hastings, USMA '49, who passed away on April 3, 2010.
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John Harwood Hastings
West Point, 1949
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Terry Powers on December 20, 2022:
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JOHN HASTINGS OBITUARY LTC, (ret.), John H. Hastings Passed away on 4/3/10. Born 9/12/25 in Yonkers, NY, he was drafted into the army in 1944. He served as a rifleman before entering West Point USMA and graduating in 1949. He served as a rifle platoon leader in the Korean War and was a POW of the communist Chinese for 2 1/2 yrs. He married in 1956 to Frances R. Heinen & retired from the army in 1970 and resided in Menlo Park, CA. He's survived by his son Dr. John H. Hastings and daughter Melanie H. Light and 3 grand children, John V. Hastings, Anastasia V. Hastings and Allison R. Light. He will be buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Menlo Park, CA on 4/28/10. Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Apr. 25, 2010. |
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