The Don Englebreston Collection
Bronze Memorial Plaque, F-4C Phantom of Captain Lance P. Sijan, Lance Sijan Memorial Plaza (view 2)
This bronze plaque honors Captain Lance P. Sijan, a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and electronic warfare officer whose F-4C Phantom was shot down over North Vietnam on November 9, 1967. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, becoming the first Air Force Academy graduate to receive the nation's highest military honor. Project: 218972