(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel Wayne C. Andersen (MCSN: 0-60365), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Tactical Air Controller (Airborne) with the O-1 Detachment, Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron SIXTEEN, Marine Aircraft Group Sixteen, FIRST Marine Aircraft Wing, in connection with operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on 20 October 1967.