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Presumptive finding of death [3] January 7: Ochab, Robert: Captain: USAF: 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron: South Vietnam, Quang Nam Province: Pilot of F-4E #67‑0357 that crashed during a low-level training flight, the weapons system operator 1LT Campbell survived [9] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] January 11: Chorlins, Richard D ...
The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive collects and preserves the documentary record of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Center and Archive, part of Texas Tech University , is the nation's largest and most comprehensive collection of information on the Vietnam War.
He grew up in Amarillo, Texas, where he attended Forest Hill Elementary School, Horace Mann Jr. High School, and Palo Duro High School. Creek enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on January 16, 1968. He completed recruit training with the 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, in March 1968.
The Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center will host a reception for veterans in honor of National Vietnam Veterans Day at 1 p.m. Friday, March 29. U.S. troops had left Vietnam by March 29, 1973.
Presumptive finding of death [3] January 22: Forman, William S: Captain: US Navy: VS-35, USS Hornet: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: Pilot of S-2D which disappeared while on a night patrol, a liferaft and flight helmet were later found at sea [13] Presumptive finding of death [3] January 22: Frenyea, Edmund H: Master Chief Aircraft ...
Presumptive finding of death [3] August 28: Simpson, Robert L: Captain: USAF: 6th Fighter Squadron (Commando) South Vietnam, Bạc Liêu Province, Sóc Trăng: Killed when his North American T-28 Trojan was hit by ground fire on a close air support mission [17] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] October 6: Anderson, Thomas E: Corporal ...
The first Tour de Vietnam cycle race in 14 years began, following a 500 miles (800 km) course from Nha Trang to Long Xuyên. The race was to demonstrate the extent of government control over the countryside, however the competitors were escorted by armored vehicles and helicopter gunships. [5] 19 January to 22 July
According to the Information Bureau of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam (PRG), a shadow government formed by North Vietnam in 1969, between April 1968 and the end of 1970 American ground troops killed about 6,500 civilians in the course of twenty-one operations either on their own or alongside their allies.