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Medal of Honor Recipients Announce Passing of Medal of Honor Recipient Frank A. Herda
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, Ohio, at 76 years old. President Richard M. Nixon presented Herda with the Medal of Honor at the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 1970, for his actions near Dak To, Quang Trang Province, Vietnam. On June 29, 1968, then-Private-First-Class Herda was defending his position during a nighttime
Medal of Honor Recipient Charles S. Kettles Passes Away at 89
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back to base. He returned to the Army Reserve in 1970 and retired from the Armed Services in 1978. He received his bachelor’s degree from Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, TX) and his master’s degree at from the College of Technology at Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI). Nearly
Congressional Medal of Honor Society Announces Passing of Gary B. Beikirch
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was the medical aidman for Detachment B-24, Company B, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, U.S. Army, at a remote Special Forces camp on the border of Laos in Vietnam’s Kontum Province when the enemy attacked on April 1, 1970. The camp was upheld by 12 Green Berets and a force