To waive the time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded posthumously to Richard L. Etchberger of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, for acts of valor on March 11, 1968, while an Air Force Chief Master Sergeant serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.

Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant, for acts of valor in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 766 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 766

 To waive the time limitations specified by law in order to allow the 
 Medal of Honor to be awarded posthumously to Richard L. Etchberger of 
 Hamburg, Pennsylvania, for acts of valor on March 11, 1968, while an 
 Air Force Chief Master Sergeant serving in Southeast Asia during the 
                              Vietnam era.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2007

  Mr. Holden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To waive the time limitations specified by law in order to allow the 
 Medal of Honor to be awarded posthumously to Richard L. Etchberger of 
 Hamburg, Pennsylvania, for acts of valor on March 11, 1968, while an 
 Air Force Chief Master Sergeant serving in Southeast Asia during the 
                              Vietnam era.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS ON AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO 
              RICHARD L. ETCHBERGER, FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING VIETNAM 
              ERA.

    (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time 
limitations specified in section 8744(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of 
certain medals to persons who served in the Air Force, the President 
may award the Medal of Honor posthumously under section 8741 of that 
title to Richard L. Etchberger, of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, for the acts 
of valor described in subsection (b).
    (b) Action Described.--The acts of valor referred to in subsection 
(a) are the actions of Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. 
Etchberger on March 11, 1968, while on a secret mission manning a radar 
station in Laos, in fighting off attackers armed with automatic rifles 
and then, while under enemy fire, loading three wounded comrades into a 
helicopter hoist, before he was killed by enemy fire while finally 
being hoisted by helicopter.
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