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Lance Corporal Richard Allen Anderson (16 April 1948 – 24 August 1969) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions above and beyond the call of duty in August 1969 during the Vietnam War. On 24 August 1969, Anderson's platoon was ambushed near Vandegrift Combat Base in Quang Tri Province.
Marine Corps Lance Corporal South Vietnam February 2, 1968 Combined action platoon Terry J. Ebbert Marine Corps First Lieutenant Village of Phu Tay (1) December 24, 1966 Company commander Craig A. Edwards Marine Corps First Lieutenant South Vietnam August 20, 1970 [10] Company commander who kicked an enemy hand grenade away from wounded Marines.
On 12 February, a VC ambush had killed nine Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. [2]: 345 A five-man Marine "hunter-killer" patrol led by Lance Corporal Randell D. Herrod, who had been in the country for seven months, alongside Private Thomas R. Boyd Jr., PFC Samuel G. Green, PFC Michael A. Schwarz and Lance Corporal Michael S. Krichten had been in Vietnam for only a month, was ...
Charles McMahon, 11 days short of his 22nd birthday, was a Corporal from Woburn, Massachusetts. Darwin Judge was a 19-year-old Lance Corporal and Eagle Scout from Marshalltown , Iowa . Deaths
"Lance Corporal Miguel Keith, USMC, Who's Who in Marine Corps History, History Division, United States Marine Corps". Archived from the original on April 24, 2003 "LCpl Miguel Keith, Medal of Honor, 1970, 1/3/2, III MAF, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam, Medal of Honor citation. Retrieved on 2006-06-21"
Lance Corporal Joe Calvin Paul (April 23, 1946 – August 19, 1965) was a United States Marine killed in the Vietnam War who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for diverting an attack long enough to allow the evacuation of wounded Marines during Operation Starlite near Chu Lai, Vietnam, on August 18, 1965.
José Francisco "Jo Jo" Jiménez (March 20, 1946 – August 28, 1969) was a United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Vietnam War in August 1969.
"Lance Corporal Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., USMC, Who's Who in Marine Corps History, History Division, United States Marine Corps". Archived from the original on October 31, 2006 "LCPL Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Medal of Honor, 1969, 2/9/3, Vietnam, Medal of Honor citation". Archived from the original on June 29, 2006