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He was the first and only Marine Corps division commander to be killed in any war. He was also the first American general officer to be killed in Vietnam, although U.S. Air Force Major General William Crumm had been killed on July 24, 1967, in a B-52 bomber collision over the South China Sea. [1]
Air Force: Major: North Vietnam: August 26, 1967: For actions as a prisoner of war from August 26, 1967 – March 4, 1973 Emilio A. De La Garza Jr. † Marine Corps: Lance Corporal: near Da Nang: April 11, 1970: Sacrificed his life and saved several Marines by blocking them from the blast of a grenade Merlyn H. Dethlefsen: Air Force: Captain
Frederick C. Weyand was a U.S. Army General who was the last commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973. Elmo Zumwalt was a U.S. admiral and commander of American naval forces in Vietnam. William W. Momyer was commander of the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command and the commander of the 7th Air Force.
Frederick Carlton Weyand (15 September 1916 – 10 February 2010) [1] was a general in the United States Army.Weyand was the last commander of United States military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973, and served as the 28th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1974 to 1976.
He was seriously considered as a candidate for chief of staff. Due to concerns about the conduct of the Vietnam War, he was appointed as deputy to his West Point classmate, General William Westmoreland, commander of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), in May 1967. Abrams succeeded Westmoreland as COMUSMACV on 10 June 1968. His ...
A dramatic increase in direct American participation in the Vietnam War began in February and March 1965, with 184,300 military personnel in Vietnam by the end of the year. Viet Cong and PAVN strategy, organization and structure meant that Westmoreland faced a dual threat. Regular North Vietnamese army units infiltrating across the remote ...
William Joseph Crumm (September 20, 1919 – July 6, 1967), was a United States Air Force major general who was killed in July 1967, during the Vietnam War.General Crumm commanded the 3d Air Division from 1965 until his death in a B-52 mid-air collision with another B-52 bomber over the South China Sea.
Robin Olds [1] (born Robert Oldys Jr.; July 14, 1922 – June 14, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 17 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. [2]