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Noteable
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Name
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Branch
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Rank
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Date
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Cause of Death
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Served as commanding general, 3rd Marine Division
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Bruno Hochmuth
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Marine Corp
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Major General
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November 14, 1967
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Helicopter Crash
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Command of the US 1st Cavalry Division at the time of his death, his son served as the 36th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from April 2007 to April 2011
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George W. Casey Sr.
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Army
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Major General
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July 7, 1970
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Commanded the 1st Infantry Division
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Keith L. Ware
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Army
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Major General
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13 September 1968
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KIA
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Was assigned to South Vietnam as Chief of the Engineer Command
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John A. B. Dillard
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Army
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Major General
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May 12, 1970
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Killed in a UH-1 helicopter crash with 9 others
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He was the commander of 937th Engineer Group
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Carroll E. Adams
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Army
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Brigadier General
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commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, appointed as chief of staff of Third Regional Assistance Command
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Richard J. Tallman
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Army
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Brigadier General
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July 9, 1972
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Wounds
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Capital Military Assistance Command, Saigon
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Charles J. Girard
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Army
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Brigadier General
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January 17, 1970
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Illness
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Commanded the 199th Infantry Brigade
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William R. Bond
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Army
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Brigadier General
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April 1, 1970
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Sniper
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Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division
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Alfred J. F. Moody
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Army
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Brigadier General
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19 March 1967
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Heart Attack
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He served as an advisor to the Vietnamese Marine Division, captured by viet cong
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Donald Cook
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Marine Corp
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Colonel
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December 8, 1967
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MIA
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killed eleven hours before the cessation of all hostilities in accordance with the Paris Peace Accords, last official American combat casualty
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William Nolde
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Army
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Colonel
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January 27, 1973
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Artillery
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Participated in 27 major operations against the Viet Cong in the central highlands of Vietnam, and spent more than 300 days in the field
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William G. Leftwich Jr.
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Marine Corp
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Lieutenant Colonel
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November 18, 1970
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Helicopter Crash
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Served as the commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division at Fire Support Base Ripcord
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Andre Lucas
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Army
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Lieutenant Colonel
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July 23, 1970
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KIA
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Volunteered to fly a lightly armed helicopter mission to rescue three dead US advisors and a wounded crew chief from a previously shot down helicopter crew chief from a besieged firebase in Kontum Province,
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William E. Adams
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Army
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Major
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May 25, 1971
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Shot Down
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Assigned to MAAG 5
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Dale R. Buis
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Army
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Major
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July 8, 1959
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Wounds
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Finnish-born soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer, as a Waffen-SS captain, then a us major
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Lauri Torni
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Army
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Major
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18 October 1965
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KIA
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"… the finest battlefield company commander I had ever seen, bar none." -Hal Moore
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Myron F. Diduryk
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Army
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Major
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April 24, 1970
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Ambushed
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Became the Operations Officer for 1st Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, The New York Giants selected him in the 1956 NFL draft college draft.
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Don Holleder
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Army
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Major
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October 17, 1967
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Sniper
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took part in Operation Junction City, commanded the 173rd Support Battalion
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Charles J. Watters
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Army
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Major
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November 19, 1967
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Bombing
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He played in the development of early battlefield evacuation techniques during the war, his death on the battlefield played in cementing those techniques in Army doctrine
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Charles L. Kelly
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Army
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Major
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July 1, 1964
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KIA
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He was the first U.S. Army soldier to be killed in the Vietnam War
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Harry G. Cramer Jr.
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Army
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Captain
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October 21, 1957
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Ambushed
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Organized his group's defense and repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to rescue wounded soldiers
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Joseph X. Grant
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Army
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Captain
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November 13, 1966
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Mortar Fire
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Assistant professor of military science and University of Hawaii ROTC instructor, third Hawaiian to be killed during the Vietnam War
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Kenneth N. Good
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Army
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Captain
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January 2, 1963
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KIA
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Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on 3 January 2025
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Hugh R. Nelson Jr.
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Army
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Captain
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5 June 1966
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He then served as commander of Company C, 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division
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Riley L. Pitts
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Army
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Captain
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October 31, 1967
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Wounds
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Prevented friendly air from bombing them, and sacrificed him self to get a pin on the enemy location to bomb them
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Euripides Rubio
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Army
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Captain
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November 8, 1966
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Enemy Fire
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Executed by firing squad at the U Minh forest swamp and his body was left there as revenge for his insults to the Viet Cong
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Humbert R. Versace
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Army
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Captain
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September 26, 1965
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POW
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He served as an OH-6A "Loach" helicopter pilot, shot down over Cambodia
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Jon E. Swanson
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Army
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Captain
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February 26, 1971
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Shot Down
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He is written about in the book "Not Going Home Alone" by James J. Kirschke
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James A. Graham
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Marine Corp
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Captain
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June 2, 1967
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Wounds
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