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Charles McMahon (May 10, 1953 – April 29, 1975) [1] and Darwin Lee Judge (February 16, 1956 – April 29, 1975) [2] were the last two United States servicemen killed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The two men, both U.S. Marines, were killed in a rocket attack one day before the Fall of Saigon .
The war lasted from 1955 to 1975 and most of the fighting took place in South Vietnam; accordingly it suffered the most casualties. The war also spilled over into the neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos which also endured casualties from aerial bombing and ground fighting.
US body count: 1,290 killed. 513 probably killed. 1 captured [1] 100 weapons recovered. Operation Buffalo (2–14 July 1967) was an operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone, around Con Thien .
Dan Bullock (December 21, 1953 – June 7, 1969) was an American criminal, United States Marine and the youngest U.S. serviceman killed in action during the Vietnam War, [1] dying at the age of 15.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2) Purple Heart (2) Bruno Arthur Hochmuth (May 10, 1911 – November 14, 1967) was a United States Marine Corps major general who was killed in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was the first and only Marine Corps division commander to be killed in any war. He was also the first American general ...
Units involved. 4th Marine Regiment. 246th Regiment. Casualties and losses. ~100 killed. US body count: 347 killed. Operation Purple Martin was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in northwest Quảng Trị Province, lasting from 1 March – 2 May 1969.
22 January to 18 March. The U.S. 3rd Marine Division launched Operation Dewey Canyon to attack People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) base areas in the A Shau and Song Đa Krông Valleys of Quảng Trị Province. The operation results in 1,617 PAVN killed while 130 Marines were killed.
1967 in the Vietnam War. At the beginning of 1967 the United States was engaged in a steadily expanding air and ground war in Southeast Asia. Since its inception in February 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder, the bombing campaign against North Vietnam, had escalated in the number and significance of its targets, inflicting major damage on ...
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