Hero Card 285, Card Pack 24 [pending]
Photo credit: U.S. Air Force photo (digitally restored), Public Domain
Hometown: Hamburg, PA
Branch: U.S. Air Force
Unit: 1043d Radar Evaluation Squadron
Military Honors: Medal of Honor, Air Force Cross, Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: March 11, 1968 - KIA in Phou Pha Thi, Laos
Age: 35
Conflict: Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Story text pending…
Sources
Air Force Historical Support Division: Etchberger—CMSgt Richard L Etchberger
U.S. Department of War: Medal of Honor Monday: Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger
Air Force: Medal of Honor—Etchberger, Richard L.
Congressional Medal of Honor Society: Richard L Etchberger
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund: Richard Loy Etchberger
HistoryNet: Tribute – Cmsgt. Richard Etchberger: What He Did In Laos to Earn a Posthumous Medal of Honor in 2010
We Are The Mighty: The unknown story of Air Force Medal of Honor recipient Richard L. Etchberger
Military Times: Richard Loy Etchberger
Stars and Stripes: DOD agency IDs remains of 3 airmen killed at secret Laos radar site in 1968
Burial Site: Find a Grave
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