HEROES:MOH Recipient **Danny J Petersen Traditional Cache
HEROES:MOH Recipient **Danny J Petersen
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While caching this summer across the U.S. we discovered a “Power Cache” series in Nevada. There were 120 caches placed along a dirt road and they were close enough for us to log 100 caches in one day! It was a real thrill to log so many caches in one day… so we would like to give all of you the opportunity to do the same.
We thought it would be nice to put these caches out for Veterans Day, so we chose 100 of the 246 Medal of Honor Recipients from the Vietnam War, and each one of the caches will honor one of these American Heroes. Of the 246 MOH Recipients from the Vietnam War 63% were awarded posthumously. ( ** Represents MOH Awarded Posthumously) Please take the time to read the citation for each and remember them this Veterans Day.
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Danny John Petersen
Rank and organization: Specialist Fourth Class, U.S. Army, Company B, 4th Battalion, 23d Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam, 9 January 1970. Entered service at: Kansas City, Mo. Born: 11 March 1949, Horton, Kans. Citation: Sp4c. Petersen distinguished himself while serving as an armored personnel carrier commander with Company B during a combat operation against a North Vietnamese Army Force estimated to be of battalion size. During the initial contact with the enemy, an armored personnel carrier was disabled and the crewmen were pinned down by the heavy onslaught of enemy small arms, automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenade fire. Sp4c. Petersen immediately maneuvered his armored personnel carrier to a position between the disabled vehicle and the enemy. He placed suppressive fire on the enemy's well-fortified position, thereby enabling the crewmembers of the disabled personnel carrier to repair their vehicle. He then maneuvered his vehicle, while still under heavy hostile fire to within 10 feet of the enemy's defensive emplacement. After a period of intense fighting, his vehicle received a direct hit and the driver was wounded. With extraordinary courage and selfless disregard for his own safety, Sp4c. Petersen carried his wounded comrade 45 meters across the bullet-swept field to a secure area. He then voluntarily returned to his disabled armored personnel carrier to provide covering fire for both the other vehicles and the dismounted personnel of his platoon as they withdrew. Despite heavy fire from 3 sides, he remained with his disabled vehicle, alone and completely exposed. Sp4c. Petersen was standing on top of his vehicle, firing his weapon, when he was mortally wounded. His heroic and selfless actions prevented further loss of life in his platoon. Sp4c. Petersen's conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary heroism are in the highest traditions of the service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
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