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GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -The name of Chief Master Sgt. Richard “Dick” Etchberger is sandblasted into the POW/MIA Memorial here Sept. 16. Chief Etchberger was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his action on March 11, 1968, when he single-handedly held off an enemy attack on Mount Phou Pha Thia at Lima Site 85 only to be fatally wounded as he was being evacuated. President Barak Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Chief Etchberger’s family Sept. 21 at the White House. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Randy Mallard)

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