Month: March 2020

CMSGT RICHARD L. ETCHBERGER Detachment 1, 1043rd Radar Evaluation Squadron Division Lima Site 85, Laos 11 March 1968 CMSGT Etchberger was with a group including 2 CIA officers, several Air Force technicians, and a small security force of local troops at the top-secret radar site code-named -  Lima Site 85 when an enemy ground forces … Continue reading 11 March

MAJ. MERLYN HANS DETHLEFSEN 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron 335th Tactical Fighter Wing Over North Viet Nam 10 March 1967 Piloting his F-105 on a fire suppression mission over North Viet Nam. Dethlefsen’s mission was to destroy a key antiaircraft defensive complex containing surface-to-air missiles. The site was heavily defended by Anti-aircraft artillery, surface to air … Continue reading 10 March

CPT. JACK H. JACOBS U.S. Military Assistance Command Advisor - 2nd Bn, 16th Inf Reg, 9th ID Army of the Republic of Vietnam Kien Phong Province, RVN March 9th 1968 Capt. Jacobs (then 1st Lt.), was serving as assistant battalion advisor to an infantry battalion of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. As the … Continue reading 9 March

PVT GEORGE WATSON Laundry Specialist 2nd Battalion, 29th Quartermaster Regiment L&B Aboard SS Jacob, near New Guinea 8 March 1943 Although with a Bachelor’s degree from Colorado A&M (now CSU), Pvt Watson was better educated than the majority of the soldiers whose drawers he washed every day. Yet he was not considered good enough to … Continue reading 8 March

SFC NELSON V. BRITTIN Co. I, 19th Infantry Regiment Vicinity of Yonggong-ni, Korea 7 March 1951 SFC Brittin was leading his squad up a hill, with meager cover in the face of murderous fire from the an enemy gun position. He ordered his men to provide covering fire while he advanced, alone. Brittin tossed a … Continue reading 7 March

Seaman David G. Ouellet River Squadron 5, My Tho Detachment 53 Mekong River, RVN 6 March 1967 River Patrol Boat (PBR) 124, which was on patrol during the early evening hours, Seaman Ouellet was at his station on the forward gun when he observed suspicious activity near the river bank and alerted his boat captain. … Continue reading 6 March

2Lt ROBERT J. HIBBS B Co. 2d Bn, 28th Infantry 1st Infantry Division Don Dien Lo Ke, RVN 5 March 1966 2Lt. Hibbs was leading a 15-man ambush patrol, when his scouts observed a company sized element of Viet Cong advancing toward the Battalion perimeter. 2Lt Hibbs radioed in a report then placed 2 Claymore … Continue reading 5 March

Sgt. Troy A. McGill Troop G, 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division Los Negros Islands, Admiralty Group 4 March 1944 In the early morning hours of 4, March, Sgt. McGill, and a squad of 8 men were occupying a revetment to the front of the main body of his unit. Enemy troops spent the prior … Continue reading 4 March

Sgt Lester R. Stone, jr. Company B, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry 11th Inf Bde, 23d ID (Americal) West of Landing Zone Liz Republic of Vietnam 3 March 1969 Sgt. Stone’s platoon was on a combat patrol mission just west of Landing Zone Liz when it came under intense automatic weapons and grenade fire from a … Continue reading 3 March

Seaman James K. L. Duncan Mississippi Squadron. Union Navy Aboard U.S.S. Fort Hindman (Tinclad #13) Near Harrisonburg, La. 2 March 1864 Serving as an Ordinary Seaman aboard the Tinclad Paddlewheel Gunboat, U.S.S. Fort Hindman, James Duncan participated in several river engagements and attacks on Confederate shipping and installations along the river. During the engagement near … Continue reading 2 March