Airman Killed in Laos to Get Medal of Honor 2010-09-04 Richard Etchberger died in Laos in 1968, saving fellow Americans at a top-secret radar station overrun by North Vietnamese commandos. He was nominated that year for the Medal of Honor. But there was a problem: The U.S. was not supposed to have troops in Laos. President Lyndon B. Johnson declined to award the medal. That was then.
Detachment meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month. Meeting starts at 6:30 pm at the Marine Corps Reserve Center - Two Fort Point, Bldg 6B, (Coast Guard Base), Galveston, TX 77550
