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Over 58,000 US servicemen killed. Over 300,000 US servicemen wounded.

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The first recorded death of a US serviceman in Vietnam was, Tech SGT Richard B. Fitzbibbon Jr. (US Air Force), date of casualty: 08 June 1956. His name was added to the wall in 1999.

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Air Force Tech Sgt. Richard B Fitzgibbon, Jr. murdered in Vietnam by a fellow airman on June 8, 1956, has been formally recognized by the Pentagon as the first American to die in that war .

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The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall website lists statistical data in their informatin column. It states that US Air Force SGT Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. was the first Kia in Vietnam in 1956.

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The website: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall information column has that type of data.

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Discounting WW2; 1956.

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