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Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War (11 P) Pages in category "United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
Pages in category "United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 404 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
The unknown soldier from the Vietnam War who was buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns was authorized a Medal of Honor and in 1998 was identified as 1st Lieutenant Michael Blassie, USAF. After DNA testing confirmed his identity, the remains were removed from the tomb and returned to Blassie's family, but the Medal of Honor did not transfer with him.
At age four, his parents divorced, after which Garwood lived with his father and paternal grandmother. Garwood attended high school in Indianapolis and dropped out at age 17 in order to join the U.S. Marine Corps. He began training at Camp Pendleton in October 1963 and was deployed to Vietnam in 1964. [6] He was due to be reassigned on October ...
American military personnel who served in the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States military people of the Vietnam War . Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
William Thomas Perkins Jr. (August 10, 1947 – October 12, 1967) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic action on October 12, 1967, during the Vietnam War in which he smothered an exploding grenade with his body to save the lives of three fellow Marines.
Johnson enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at Oakland, California, on March 23, 1967, and was discharged to enlist in the regular Marine Corps on July 2, 1967. Upon completion of recruit training with the 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, MCRD San Diego , California, in September 1967, he was transferred to the ...
South Vietnam, South China Sea: His F-100D crashed at sea offshore of Tuy Hoa Air Base while returning from a night bombing mission [28] Presumptive finding of death [3] March 7: Gates, Albert H: Captain: USMC: HMM-263: South Vietnam, South China Sea: Pilot of CH-46D #154808 that crashed at sea offshore of Danang [29] Killed in action, body not ...