He was sent to Vietnam in 1964, where he would receive the Medal of Honor for his courageous ... but hadn't yet committed the tens of thousands of combat troops it would in the years to come.
Corporal Richard Allen Anderson received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his incredible courage in the face of danger.
A North Carolina war hero killed in combat has now been honored ... Army Captain Hugh Nelson Jr. with the Medal Of Honor due to his service in Vietnam. U.S. Senator from North Carolina Thom ...