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Leo Keith Thorsness
Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force
Born: February
14, 1932 at Walnut Grove, MN
Entered Service: Walnut Grove, MN
Date/Place of Action: April 19, 1967 - North Vietnam
Unit: 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 355th
Tactical Fighter Wing
Presentation: At the White House
By President Richard M. Nixon on October 15, 1973
Currently Living In: Virginia
*LTC Thorsness later served time as a Prisoner of War
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George Everett "Bud" Day
Colonel, US Air Force
Born: February 24,
1925 at Sioux City, IA
Entered Service: Sioux City, IA
Date/Place of Action: August 26, 1967 - POW, North
Vietnam
Unit: Misty Super FAC's F-100 Squadron, Phu Cat Air
Base
Presentation: At the White House
By President Gerald R. Ford on March 06, 1976
Currently Living In: Florida
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Lance Peter Sijan
Captain, US Air Force
Born: April 13, 1942
at Milwaukee, WI
Entered Service: Milwaukee, WI
Date/Place of Action: November 09, 1967 - Ban
Loboy Ford, Laos, Ban Kai, Hoa Lo, North Vietnam
Unit: 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Da Nang AFB
Presentation: To His Family At the White House
By President Gerald R. Ford on March 06, 1976
Date of Death: January 22, 1968 (Killed
In Action While a POW)
Buried at: Arlington Park Cemetery - Milwaukee, WI
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Gerald Orren Young
Captain, US Air Force
Born: May 19, 1930 at
Chicago, IL
Entered Service: Colorado Springs, CO
Date/Place of Action: November 09, 1967 - Khe Sanh,
Vietnam
Unit: 37th Air Rescue Service, Da Nang AFB
Presentation: At The Pentagon
By President Lyndon B. Johnson on May 14, 1968
Date of Death: June 06, 1990
Buried at: Arlington National
Cemetery - Arlington, VA
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