First Vietnam War Casualties Are Remembered On Their 50th Anniversary
Getty Images 2009-07-08 18:02:17
WASHINGTON - JULY 08: U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Mike Ramos, 28, plays Taps on the trumpet during a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first two American combat casualties of the Vitenam War at The Wall on the National Mall July 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. The first two of more than 58,000 names that appear on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis died on July 8, 1959 when their residential compound was attacked by North Vietnamese communists in Bien Hoa, north of what is now Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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