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South Vietnam, Cam Lo District: Killed when a rocket hit the radio bunker at FSB Sarge [21] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] April 1: Worth, James F: Corporal: USMC: Sub-unit 1, 1st ANGLICO: Easter Offensive: South Vietnam, Firebase Gio Linh: Missing following a People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attack [22] Presumptive finding of death [3 ...
The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was dedicated in 1987. [1] The memorial includes the names of 648 servicemen who were killed in action or listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War from Philadelphia.
The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under communist rule on 2 July 1976. [10] The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC), under the command of General Văn Tiến ...
This article is a partial list of journalists killed and missing during the Vietnam War. The press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders tallied 63 journalists who died over a 20-year period ending in 1975 while covering the Vietnam War with the caveat that media workers were not typically counted at the time. [1] [2]
April 5, 1976: James Callaghan selected as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom April 27, 1976: American Airlines Flight 625 overshoots runway, 37 people killed [1] April 13, 1976: U.S. revives the $2 bill on Thomas Jefferson's birthday. The following events occurred in April 1976:
Four crewmembers successfully ejected, three killed. The aircraft was on a routine training mission and was carrying no weapons, last reported flying at an altitude of 28,000 feet. The Department of Defense said that 67 B-52s have crashed, including 17 in the Vietnam War. [35] 10 September
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.
Part of the Vietnam War North Vietnam (1964–1976) Viet Cong South Vietnam Vietnam (after 1976) United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races: 1964 1974 Mozambican War of Independence Part of the Portuguese Colonial War: FRELIMO Portugal: 1964 1982 Mexican Dirty War Mexico United States: Party of the Poor Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre ...