Bio: Goessl, Richard A. (Part of Award Winning Unit – 1969)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Goessl

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 08 Jan 1970

With U.S. Combat Air Forces in Western Pacific – Sergeant Richard A. Goessl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Goessl of R.R.1, Curtiss (Clark Co.), Wisconsin, has been recognized for helping the U.S. Air Force’s Third Air Division earn it second Outstanding Unit Award.

Sergeant Goessl, a Strategic Air Command (SAC) aircraft mechanic at a forward base in the Western Pacific, will wear the distinctive service ribbon as a permanent demonstration.

His unite was cited for its successful and sustained serial accomplishments within the Western Pacific Area, as directed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff from March 2, 1968 to March 1, 1969.

The sergeant is a 1965 graduate of Dor-Abby High School, Abbotsford, Wisconsin.