Posted on Jul 7, 2016

First Americans killed in South Vietnam - Jul 08, 1959 - HISTORY.com

SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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Maj. Dale R. Ruis and Master Sgt. Chester M. Ovnand become the first Americans killed in the American phase of the Vietnam War when guerrillas strike a Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) compound in Bien Hoa, 20 miles northeast of Saigon. The group had arrived in South Vietnam on November 1, 1955, to provide military assistance. The organization consisted of U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps personnel who provided advice and assistance to the Ministry of Defense, Joint General Staff, corps and division commanders, training centers, and province and district headquarters.

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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski thanks for the read and share in "This Day in History". You have to know the past to go forward in the future IMO!

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Capt Michael Greene

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I totally agree. I'm really dismayed when I see the direction many want to take with our foreign policy. "Umm, we tried that already and almost blew up the world."

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