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The Australian War Memorial, which currently holds 66 VCs. The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" [1] to members of the Australia Armed Forces. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service, and to civilians under military command.
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam: Vietnam War: 13 November 1965* Tra Bong, Vietnam: Peter Badcoe: Australian Army Training Team Vietnam: Vietnam War: 23 February 1967 7 March 1967 7 April 1967* Huong Tra, Vietnam: Ray Simpson: Australian Army Training Team Vietnam: Vietnam War: 6–11 May 1969: Kon Tum province, Vietnam: Keith Payne
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Victoria Cross in the Vietnam War.
Richard Norden ran into enemy fire to reach a wounded soldier and retrieve the body of another while in Vietnam.
The last occasion a Commonwealth country was awarded the Victoria Cross was in 1969 during the Vietnam War and today all Commonwealth countries whose armed forces had been awarded the Victoria Cross under the British honours systems have their own honours systems and their own orders, decorations and medals.
Keith Payne, VC, AM (born 30 August 1933) is a retired Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest decoration for gallantry "in the presence of the enemy" awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.
Richard Leslie Norden, VC (24 August 1948 – 30 October 1972 [2] [3] [4] [note 1]) was a soldier in the Australian Army during the Vietnam War who was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia. After the war, Norden joined the Australian Capital Territory Police Force in February 1970.
On the Offensive: The Australian Army in the Vietnam War, January 1967 – June 1968. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial. ISBN 1-86373-304-3. Staunton, Anthony (2005). Victoria Cross: Australia's Finest and the Battles They Fought. Prahran, Victoria: Hardie Grant. ISBN 978-1-74273-486-6.