"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War.
It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.
Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.
Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic."
~~ Richard Nixon
This page is dedicated to my brother.
Marc fought in Vietnam, and SURVIVED!
Within this page,
You will find info on the parts of the war Marc fought in,
Some statistics from the war,
And hopefully help in finding YOUR war buddies.
The biggest battle Marc fought in, was "The Battle of Khe Sanh".
Marc was assigned to Golf Btry 2nd Bn 3rd Marine Division (G/2/3)
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January 20-April 14, 1968 Khe Sanh The Battle of Khe Sanh begins on January 20th. The North Vietnamese,hoping to recreate their 1954 victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu,begin intense shelling of the US base camp at Khe Sanh, located 14 milesbelow the DMZ. The Marines base can only be reinforced by air, and the Americansland 5,000 bombs daily in defense of the troops in Khe Sanh. In early April,Operation Pegasus is launched to relieve Khe Sanh, finally lifting the seige on April 14th. On March 16th, E/2/9, B/2/9, and B/1/9 on Hill 861 (in one of my pictures) were ambushed by the NVA. 18 were killed and 57 were wounded, 18 very serious. On the 30th of March, 1967, 2nd/Lt. Edward Joseph Keglovits crashed his USMC F-4 after receiving hostile ground fire. On the 24th of April, the 3/9ers took it bad again: 14 killed, 18 wounded, and 2 MIA. (I wonder why they call them, the 1/9, the Walking Dead.) On April 25th, K/3/3 found the enemy at Hill 861: 9 Marines Killed, 8 wounded, 4 MIA. On April 26th of 1967, the 9th and the 3rd on Hill 861 lost 22 men Killed, on the 27th one KIA, the 28th one KIA, the 29th two KIA. On the 30th of April, 1967, the Marines on Hill 881 came under attack. 43 Marines were killed, and some of these had to be left on the Hill to be recovered later. Another 109 were wounded from M/3/3, K/3/9, G/2/3, H/2/3, and M/3/9 on both 881-N and 881-S. On Hill 881-N on the 2nd of May, G/2/3, K/3/3, and G/2/3 had 5 Marines killed. On the 3rd of May, 1967, E/2/3 and F/2/3 suffered 27 KIA and 84 wounded with 137 NVA KIA confirmed and 120 more probables. On the 9th of May on Hill 881, one Marine died. On the 10th, 5 recon men from A/3 Recon (Team Breaker) were killed. On the 21st of May, two men from A/1/26 were KIA. 5 Men from a FOB (Army SF) team were killed on the 3rd of June; and on the 6th, 8 Marines were killed on Hill 960. On the 7th of June, B/1/26 was overrun on Hill 950 with 18 Marines killed, 27 WIA, and 59 NVA killed. |
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Here are statistics from the Combat Area Casualty File (CACF) as of November 1993. The CACF is the basis for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall): Average age of 58,148 killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. (Although 58,169 names are in the Nov. 93 database, only 58,148 have both event date and birth date. Event date is used instead of declared dead date for some of those who were listed as missing in action) [CACF] |
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| | Average Age |
| Total | 58,148 | 23.11 years |
| Enlisted | 50,274 | 22.37 years |
| Officers | 6,598 | 28.43 years |
| Warrants | 1,276 | 24.73 years |
| E1 | 525 | 20.34 years |
| 11B MOS | 18,465 | 22.55 years |
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Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. [CACF] The oldest man killed was 62 years old. [CACF] 11,465 KIAs were less than 20 years old. [CACF] |
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To the Veterans, whom over the years, have lost contact with buddies
but would like to relocate them,
I will do my best to support your effort
by relaying all the information that I can find
to help your cause.
The link below is an excellant place to start:
Are You Looking For A
Veteran?
Here is another link along those lines:
How To Send A Letter To A
Veteran You Are Seeking
If you need to know how to order your military records,
the link below is another excellant place to start:
Getting Military
Records
How about how to order your military medals?
The link below can help you there:
Getting Military Medals You
Earned