Bio: King, Richard E. – SP/4 (Receives Air Medal – Dec 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: King

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 13 Jan 1972

U.S. Army, Vietnam – Army Specialist Four Richard E. King, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. King, route 2, Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), recently received the Air Medal in Vietnam.

Spec. King earned the award for meritorious service while participating in serial flight in support of ground operations in Vietnam.

The Specialist is a medical airman with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. He entered the Army in June 1970 and received basic training at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.

The Specialist is a 1970 graduate of Owen-Withee High School.
 

 

 


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