Herbert T. Levack | |
Branch: | United States Air Force |
Rank: | Colonel |
Battles: | World War II Korea Vietnam |
Battles Label: | Wars |
Serviceyears: | 1941–1965 |
Laterwork: | Aeronautical Charts and Information Center St. Louis, Missouri |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1916 |
Birth Place: | Athol, Massachusetts United States |
Death Place: | Hartford, Connecticut United States |
Placeofburial: | Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery Hartford, Connecticut United States |
Parents: | Esther Thompson Edmund Levack |
Spouse: | Mary Long Levack (July 3, 1944) |
Sons: | Daniel J. H. Levack Thomas Levack |
Sisters: | Sylvia Karotkin Shirley Griffin |
Known For: | Operations Officer for the first Operation Deep Freeze exploring Antarctica Mount Levack named after him |
Col. Herbert T. Levack (March 14, 1916 – January 27, 2010) was a command pilot in the U.S. Air Force flying B-24s in World War II, and C-124s in Korea and Vietnam. He was also the Operations Officer for the first Operation Deep Freeze exploring the Antarctica. Mount Levack was named after him by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN).
Herbert T. Levack was born on March 14, 1916, in Athol, Massachusetts, to Esther (Thompson) and Edmund Levack.As a young man he moved to Hartford, Connecticut.