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.
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.
The US during the American VN War.
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In America. the American soldiers? No. In Vietnam - the Vietnamese Viet-Cong? Yes.
If he was a casualty, his name will be on the wall. If he's still present, ask him.
The Vietnam Conflict, the Indochina war. The people and government in Vietnam today refer to it as the American War.
"The first American soldier killed in the Vietnam War was Air Force T-Sgt. Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. He is listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having a casualty date of June 8, 1956. His name was added to the Wall on Memorial Day 1999."
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58,212 Americans were the first names listed on the Vietnam Memorial as the casualties of the war. Hopefully, someone else can add the South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese casualty count - as well as the Australian, Canadian, and Korean casualty numbers.
A casualty report
The US during the American VN War.
Most people know what the Vietnam War is; what is the American War?
what were the american tactics in the vietnam war
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nobody Answer According to http://www.archives.gov/research/vietnam-war/casualty-statistics.html#year there were 9 individuals listed as casualties from 1956 to 1960. You can research this and other casualty facts through this site. Viper1
Vietnam won the French war. North Vietnam won the American Vietnam War. There was no such country named "Vietnam" during the American Vietnam War 1955-1975. There were two nations: North VN & South VN.
American Writers Against the Vietnam War was created in 1965.