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This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period 1961–1965. In 1973, the United States listed 2,646 Americans as unaccounted for from the entire Vietnam War. By October 2022, 1,582 Americans remained unaccounted for, of which 1,004 were classified as further pursuit, 488 as non-recoverable and 90 as deferred. [1]
Jan 28 - Jul 18 73. Operation End Sweep [1] US Navy demining of Haiphong Harbour, mined as part of Operation Pocket Money. Haiphong Harbour. Feb 12 – Apr 4 73. Operation Homecoming [2] Repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war from North Vietnam. Gia Lam Airport.
Portal. v. t. e. United States involvement in the Vietnam War began shortly after the end of World War II in Asia, first in an extremely limited capacity and escalating over a period of 20 years. The U.S. military presence peaked in April 1969, with 543,000 American military personnel stationed in Vietnam. [ 1]
Final loss: A-26A 64-17646 (609th SOS, 56th SOW) lost over Laos on the night of 7–8 July 1969, killing both crewmen. A-37 Dragonfly —22 total. First loss: 1967, final loss: 1972. Wing of downed USAF warplane at the Vietnam Military History Museum. AC-47 Spooky —19 total, 12 in combat.
March 17 – a group of antiwar citizens marched to the Pentagon to protest American involvement in Vietnam. March 25 – Martin Luther King Jr., a leader of the civil rights movement, led a march of 5,000 against the war in Chicago. April 4 – Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in New York City.
Awards and decorations of the Vietnam War were military decorations which were bestowed by the major warring parties that participated in the Vietnam War. North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand and the United States all issued awards and decorations to their personnel during, or after, the conflict. South Vietnam as a country ...
Operation Greene Cyclone [ 1] 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation. Pleiku Province. Feb 10 – 28. Operation Wayne Green [ 1] 1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 8th Infantry Regiment and 1st & 3rd Battalions, 12th Infantry Regiment clear and search operation.
1973 in the Vietnam War. 1973 in the Vietnam War began with a peace agreement, the Paris Peace Accords, signed by the United States and South Vietnam on one side of the Vietnam War and communist North Vietnam and the insurgent Viet Cong on the other. Although honored in some respects, the peace agreement was violated by both North and South ...