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David Robert "Bobby" Ray (February 14, 1945 – March 19, 1969) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman second class who was killed in action during the Vietnam War while assigned to an artillery battery of the United States Marine Corps.
South Vietnam December 1, 1966: After participating in the defeat of an enemy assault he was killed in hand-to-hand combat Leonard L. Alvarado † Army: Specialist Four: Phước Long province: August 12, 1969: For disrupting an enemy raid and saving the lives of several comrades James Anderson Jr. † Marine Corps: Private First Class: Near ...
Life magazine published the photographs of 242 Americans killed in one week in Vietnam; this is now considered a watershed event of negative public opinion toward the war. [59] [60] 28 June. A Gallup poll showed that 61% of Americans opposed a total withdrawal from South Vietnam, 29% favored total withdrawal and 10% were undecided. [5]: 302
South Vietnam June 1, 1969 Shielded a Corpsman and a wounded Marine from an enemy hand grenade blast and was seriously wounded. Robert P. Guay Marine Corps Major An Hoa, Quảng Nam Province March 19, 1966 UH-34D helicopter pilot Victor J. Guerra Marine Corps Staff Sergeant South Vietnam October 27, 1969
Pilot of RA-3B #144847 hit by ground fire on a night photo-reconnaissance mission [2] Presumptive finding of death [3] January 1: Hanley, Terrence H: Lieutenant (LTJG) US Navy: VAP-61, USS Oriskany: Operation Rolling Thunder: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Copilot of RA-3B #144847 hit by ground fire on a night photo-reconnaissance mission [4]
Outspoken Vietnamese critics of the appointment of Kerrey included Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh, a former ambassador to the European Union, who exclaimed: “the decision to appoint Bob Kerrey to be chairman of the board of the first American-style university in Vietnam strikes me as insensitive to the Vietnamese at best, and taking us for granted at ...
Pages in category "United States Navy personnel of the Vietnam War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 321 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The base was occupied by the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 138th Artillery when it was assaulted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 4th Regiment on the night of 19 June 1969, the assault was repulsed for the loss of 13 U.S. (including 9 Kentucky Army National Guardsmen from the 138th Artillery) and 23 PAVN killed ...