{"id":1686,"date":"2025-08-04T01:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/?page_id=1686"},"modified":"2026-04-09T01:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:31:13","slug":"remembering-kia-mia-at-khe-sanh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/?page_id=1686","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the KIA \/ MIA &#038; Women of Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1686\" class=\"elementor elementor-1686\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210101e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"210101e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32799f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32799f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>The Vietnam Memorial Wall<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d6946 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b5d6946\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f1bec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4f1bec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e345a9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e345a9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Wall-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1692\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3451f01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3451f01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8682dec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8682dec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3-soldiers-statue.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3311\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3-soldiers-statue.jpg 200w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3-soldiers-statue-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-249e015 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"249e015\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3854c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3854c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/virtualwall.org\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Vietnam Virtual Wall <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b04bbf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con 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src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vietnam-Memorial-Wall.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3272\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vietnam-Memorial-Wall.png 746w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vietnam-Memorial-Wall-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba56bc6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba56bc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-116d27b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"116d27b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Vietnam Women&#8217;s Memorial<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511a30c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"511a30c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-529a9a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"529a9a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vietnam Women&#8217;s Memorial<\/strong><br \/><strong>by Emily Strange<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>He lies unseeing and seemingly unconscious cradled in her arms<\/strong><br \/><strong>as she supports his broad shoulders and touches his chest<\/strong><br \/><strong>(even now her regulation hair bunned high above her collar)<\/strong><br \/><strong>She is a professional, hardened against the horrors of war<\/strong><br \/><strong>He is merely the present in an endless line of past and future<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yet<\/strong><br \/><strong>perhaps because she knows his eyes are blind<\/strong><br \/><strong>she has momentarily allowed her face to mirror her emotions<\/strong><br \/><strong>her eyes to reveal her heart<\/strong><br \/><strong>let slip the reality that she sees not only the wounds<\/strong><br \/><strong>but the wounded<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Her skilled hands will treat the damage systematically<\/strong><br \/><strong>she will be methodical in her approach<\/strong><br \/><strong>But the shutter of her camera eyes<\/strong><br \/><strong>has allowed the scenes to seep into her heart<\/strong><br \/><strong>too many images indelibly engraved<\/strong><br \/><strong>of useless limbs in buckets of blood<\/strong><br \/><strong>and once handsome boys now faceless<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>She will never betray to him<\/strong><br \/><strong>as she goes efficiently about her work<\/strong><br \/><strong>that his pain is her agony<\/strong><br \/><strong>that a part of her will die with him<\/strong><br \/><strong>Her credentials manifest her mission to heal<\/strong><br \/><strong>There is no time to tend her own wounded heart<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vietnamwomensmemorial.org\/vietnam-womens-memorial-by-emily-strange\/\">Vietnam Women\u2019s Memorial by Emily Strange | Vietnam Women&#8217;s Memorial<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256a37b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"256a37b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8d478 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e8d478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Memorial-Nurses-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2699\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Memorial-Nurses-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Memorial-Nurses-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Memorial-Nurses-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Memorial-Nurses-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Memorial-Nurses-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Vietnam Nurses Memorial in DC<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1869304 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1869304\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9347197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9347197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<b>Vietnam Women&#8217;s Memorial<\/b>\u00a0is a memorial dedicated to the nurses and women of the United States who served in the<span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #00ccff;\"><span><a style=\"color: #00ccff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Vietnam War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> It depicts three uniformed women with a wounded male soldier to symbolize the support and caregiving roles that women played in the war as nurses and other specialists. It is part of the\u00a0<a title=\"Vietnam Veterans Memorial\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial\">Vietnam Veterans Memorial<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a5a2f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57a5a2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e66a85 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e66a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Diane-Carlson-Evans.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2835\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Diane Carlson Evans<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a09b96f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a09b96f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1982,\u00a0<a title=\"Diane Carlson Evans\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diane_Carlson_Evans\">Diane Carlson Evans<\/a>, who served as a\u00a0<a title=\"United States Army\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\">U.S. Army<\/a>\u00a0nurse during the\u00a0<a title=\"Vietnam War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>, attended the dedication of the\u00a0<a title=\"Vietnam Veterans Memorial\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial\">Vietnam Veterans Memorial<\/a>. Noting the memorial&#8217;s focus on men who served during the war, she wanted to also memorialize the more than 11,500 American women who served as nurses and in other roles.<sup id=\"cite_ref-saam_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-patel_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0Two years later, she and two other veterans, attorney Donna-Marie Boulay and Gerald C. Bender, formed the Vietnam Women&#8217;s Memorial Foundation (VWMF), whose goal was to erect a memorial to the women who assisted in the war. In addition to the memorial, the group&#8217;s other goals was locating all women veterans of the war, and educating the public about their sacrifices.<sup id=\"cite_ref-patel_2-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-sought_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e389dba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e389dba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c42f96d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c42f96d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Honoring the Nurses who Volunteered to Serve in Vietnam. Eight Gave All<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-397374c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"397374c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-221f67c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"221f67c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JonesEA01c-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2752\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">2nd Lt. Elizabeth Jones<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e50737 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e50737\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bkfyovuciaauanz-1.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2756\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">2nd Lt. Pamela Donovan,  US Army<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37a61c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c37a61c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7abdec0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7abdec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LaneSA01d-1-210x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2757\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LaneSA01d-1-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LaneSA01d-1.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">1st. Lt.Sharon Lane  US Army<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e99ece elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e99ece\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2nd-Lt.-Carol-Drazba-150x150.png\" title=\"2nd Lt. Carol Drazba,\" alt=\"2nd Lt. Carol Drazba,\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">2nd Lt. Carol Drazba,<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9e2ebf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9e2ebf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8fd1da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8fd1da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LTC-Annie-Graham-US-Army-August-14-1968.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2748\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">LTC Annie Graham US Army August 14 1968<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-debeec6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"debeec6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d14843 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d14843\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlexanderEG01c-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2760\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Capt. Eleanor Grace Alexander   US Army\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7819a37 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7819a37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e284cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e284cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da8f8b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da8f8b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/OrlowskiHD01c-1-rjmx4ig3nre7h0e8t4h6f1bypum2w1zu6p68p7tvaw.jpg\" title=\"OrlowskiHD01c\" alt=\"1st. Lt. Hedwig Orlowski,  US Army\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">1st. Lt. Hedwig Orlowski,  US Army<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1448c65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1448c65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ded6cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ded6cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bkfyovuciaauanz-1-1-232x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2772\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bkfyovuciaauanz-1-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bkfyovuciaauanz-1-1.png 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Captain Mary Klinker, USAF  <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cb8bdf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9cb8bdf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e909c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f7e909c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/86001\/women-veterans-bravely-served-vietnam-war\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Women Veterans bravely served during Vietnam War<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952c9fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"952c9fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/vvmf.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/31\/the-eight-women-on-the-wall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Vietnam Women's Memorial<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78cc2e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78cc2e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85e87d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85e87d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3f40d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3f40d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In the predawn darkness of June 28, 1969, mortar rounds slammed into the 312th Evacuation Hospital in Chu Lai, Vietnam. Explosions tore through buildings, scattering debris and igniting fires amid the chaos of incoming wounded soldiers.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Lt. Sharon Lane, a 25-year-old Army nurse from Ohio, was on duty in the shock ward. As sirens wailed and staff rushed to evacuate, she refused to leave her patients\u2014men immobilized by injuries, unable to move on their own.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Medics urged her to go. She shook her head. &#8220;Go without me,&#8221; she said, turning back to stabilize the bleeding and administer aid under the barrage.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>A direct hit struck her ward minutes later. Shrapnel pierced her chest and neck. She died in route to surgery.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Lane became the only U.S. servicewoman killed by enemy fire in Vietnam. Posthumously, she received the Bronze Star with &#8220;V&#8221; for valor\u2014the only one awarded to an American woman there\u2014and a Purple Heart.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>God bless this American hero forever.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bac75f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bac75f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1452a2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1452a2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1064\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lt-Sharon-Lane-Vietnam-Nurse-KIA-768x1064.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3231\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lt-Sharon-Lane-Vietnam-Nurse-KIA-768x1064.jpg 768w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lt-Sharon-Lane-Vietnam-Nurse-KIA-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lt-Sharon-Lane-Vietnam-Nurse-KIA-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lt-Sharon-Lane-Vietnam-Nurse-KIA.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9708975 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9708975\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3da75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af3da75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Donut Dollies in Vietnam<\/span><\/h2><div class=\"post-body entry-content\"><div><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>\u201cI am only one, but I am one. I can&#8217;t do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do, and by the grace of God, I will.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0~Everett Hale<\/span><\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div id=\"shr_canvas1\" class=\"shareaholic-canvas shareaholic-resolved-canvas shareaholic-ui\" data-app=\"share_buttons\" data-app-id=\"5549366\"><div translate=\"no\"><div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui shr-no-print shareaholic- shareaholic- shareaholic- shareaholic- shareaholic- shareaholic-center-align shareaholic-center-align shr-sharebuttons-inpage shareaholic-mini\"><div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper-with-headline\"><div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-animation-wrapper \"><div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-heading shareaholic-custom\"><div class=\"shareaholic-share-arrow shareaholic-share-arrow-version-1 mini\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf43fbb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf43fbb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52524b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e52524b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><b>&#8220;Please Forgive Me&#8221;<\/b><\/div><div><p><b><br \/><\/b><strong>PLEASE FORGIVE ME<\/strong><br \/>for not remembering your name<\/p><p>I know it is here somewhere on the West Wall<br \/>probably around panel 20<\/p><p>I remember your face, your smile<br \/>as you showed me the picture of your wife and new baby<\/p><p>I remember how they teased the new papasan<br \/>as you danced around that desolate firebase laughing<\/p><p>I remember walking into ICU<br \/>as they unwrapped the gory stump that was your leg<\/p><p>and I remember my sorrow when the nurse whispered,<br \/>&#8220;expectant &#8211; he was already in a body bag<br \/>when the medic noticed slight breathing&#8221;<\/p><p>PLEASE FORGIVE ME<br \/>for not staying<\/p><p>I wanted to hold your hand and tell you to hang in there for your wife and new baby<\/p><p>but the nurses and doctors surrounded you<br \/>trying to keep you alive<\/p><p>and I would have only been in the way<br \/>so I told the nurse I would check on you later<\/p><p><strong>PLEASE FORGIVE ME<\/strong><br \/>for not returning<\/p><p>I just did not want to know<br \/>that another wife would receive that knock on the door<br \/>confirming her worst fears<\/p><p>I couldn&#8217;t bear to know that another child<br \/>would grow up having never known his Father<\/p><p>for I had an early take off the next morning<br \/>to fly to another desolate firebase<br \/>to laugh and dance with other soldiers<br \/>before they too were killed<\/p><p><strong>PLEASE FORGIVE ME<\/strong><\/p><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Emily Strange &#8211; Donut Dolly<br \/><br \/><\/div><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiwvfK0Ap313O3UPR82OZyStICGWq6ncV9hCmUBBMddxeQqe6g5hizoZs5NSlUPQIhnz-3dyjCLoq-KCwNg9ScWhSXUojkGqc9gRrL8VwGCF0uf7aQdEHFGGq_RcbZEQ_7GX6lR7NWnLBI\/s1600\/Emily_back_of_truckw.jpg\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aadc40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4aadc40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d0a2b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32d0a2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b840411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b840411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\u00a0<\/div><div><p><strong>Emily Strange<\/strong><\/p><h1><a href=\"http:\/\/namwarstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13614982_816265278505044_7964142204900244488_n.jpg\" data-slb-active=\"1\" data-slb-asset=\"1085004903\" data-slb-internal=\"0\" data-slb-group=\"608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-711 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/namwarstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13614982_816265278505044_7964142204900244488_n.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/namwarstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13614982_816265278505044_7964142204900244488_n.jpg 500w, https:\/\/namwarstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13614982_816265278505044_7964142204900244488_n-300x245.jpg 300w\" alt=\"13614982_816265278505044_7964142204900244488_n\" width=\"500\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><b><\/b><\/h1><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h4><em><strong>I flew to desolate fire bases<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>filled with the tools of war<br \/>and the men who used them.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4><em><strong><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>It was my job to perform the miracle<br \/>of making the war disappear<br \/>(however briefly)<\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a0for boys who had been trained to kill.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4><h4><em><strong><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>It was my mission to raise the morale<br \/>of children who had grown old too soon<br \/>watching friends die.<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4><h4><em><strong><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">It was my calling<br \/>to take away fear and replace it with hope;<br \/>to return sanity to a world gone insane.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4><h4><em><strong><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>I was the mistress of illusion<br \/>as I pulled smiles from the dust and heat,<br \/>the magical genie of \u201cback-in-the-world\u201d<br \/>as I created laughter in the mud.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4><h4><em><strong><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>But when the show was over<br \/>I crawled back into my bottle<br \/>and pulled the cork in tightly behind me.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4><div class=\"text_exposed_show\"><h4><em><strong>~Emily Strange<\/strong><\/em><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67510af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67510af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be18e7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be18e7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TOC (Tactical Operations Center)<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>So often I could see the boy shining through the fa\u00e7ade of manhood<\/strong><br \/><strong>as you tried to be the first to yell out the name of the team<\/strong><br \/><strong>who won the world series in 1950<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>but not this morning as I watched you attach<\/strong><br \/><strong>grenades and canteens to web gear,<\/strong><br \/><strong>sling bandoleers of ammo across your broad shoulders<\/strong><br \/><strong>check your M-16s for peak performance<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>it was hard to fathom that you would soon be carrying<\/strong><br \/><strong>those heavy rucks<\/strong><br \/><strong>PRC-25<\/strong><br \/><strong>and M60<\/strong><br \/><strong>through miles of rice paddies<\/strong><br \/><strong>using the bug juice to coax off the leeches<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>no, today there would be no time to play donut dollie games<\/strong><br \/><strong>today it was necessary for you to be men<\/strong><br \/><strong>but, even as you donned your warrior gear<\/strong><br \/><strong>and steel pots adorned with<\/strong><br \/><strong>peace symbols<\/strong><br \/><strong>and \u201cshort\u201d<\/strong><br \/><strong>you still had smiles for us<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>the best we could do for you today was smile back<\/strong><br \/><strong>take pictures<\/strong><br \/><strong>remind you that you weren\u2019t animals<\/strong><br \/><strong>and walk down to the pick up point with you<\/strong><br \/><strong>to wait for the choppers<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>I don\u2019t know how long we sat in that field<\/strong><br \/><strong>doing the donut dollie alternative to programming<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u201cwhere \u2018ya from?<\/strong><br \/><strong>what\u2019s your favorite food?<\/strong><br \/><strong>favorite sport?<\/strong><br \/><strong>who\u2019s your favorite actress?\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>I do remember that one kid from your company<\/strong><br \/><strong>pulled a branch from a nipa palm tree<\/strong><br \/><strong>and wove me a hat as easily as<\/strong><br \/><strong>a donut dollie made kool-aid<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>I remember the choppers landing<\/strong><br \/><strong>watching you jump on<\/strong><br \/><strong>and waving until you were completely out of sight<\/strong><br \/><strong>before we moved on to play games with the next company<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>later that day we were visiting the guys in the TOC<\/strong><br \/><strong>making jokes and laughing<\/strong><br \/><strong>when your call came in<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>I did not understand all of the code words<\/strong><br \/><strong>but understood enough to know you were<\/strong><br \/><strong>calling in fire support<\/strong><br \/><strong>and dustoffs<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>somewhere deep inside,<\/strong><br \/><strong>I added another sandbag to the bunker<\/strong><br \/><strong>I was building around my heart<\/strong><br \/><strong>and put on my eleanor rigsby face<\/strong><br \/><strong>that i kept in the jar by the door<\/strong><br \/><strong>as we moved on to play games with<\/strong><br \/><strong>the next company<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Emily Strange<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe86504 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe86504\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a9428 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"74a9428\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e7dd1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76e7dd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ecc46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65ecc46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If you would like to Honor anyone KIA or MIA, or Women of Vietnam, please submit your request to admin@khesanhvet.com<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4588bea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4588bea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8da86c8 elementor-widget 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d25a58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Remember \u2026 The Vietnam Wall<\/strong><br \/><strong><em>Thank you to all who served&#8230;<\/em><\/strong>A little history most people will never know.\u00a0Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall:\u00a0There are <strong>58,267<\/strong> names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010.\u00a0The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it is 36 years since the last casualties.\u00a0\u00a0The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth, Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965.\u00a0There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.\u00a0<strong>39,996<\/strong> on the Wall were just <strong>22<\/strong> or younger.\u00a0<strong>8,283<\/strong> were just <strong>19<\/strong> years old.\u00a0<strong>The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.<\/strong> Twelve (<strong>12<\/strong>) soldiers on the Wall were <strong>17<\/strong> years old. Five <strong>5<\/strong> soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old. One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old. <strong>997<\/strong> soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam. <strong>1,448<\/strong> soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam. <strong>31<\/strong> sets of brothers are on the Wall. Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons. <strong>54<\/strong> soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia. I wonder why so many from one school. Eight <strong>8<\/strong> Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded. <strong>244<\/strong> soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; <strong>153<\/strong> of them are on the Wall. Beallsville, Ohio with a population of <strong>475<\/strong> lost <strong>6<\/strong> of her sons. West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation. There are <strong>711<\/strong> West Virginians on the Wall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The Marines of Morenci &#8211; They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci (pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the Apache National Forest. And in the patriotic camaraderie typical of Morenci&#8217;s mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The Buddies of Midvale &#8211; LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam. In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F Kennedy&#8217;s assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.<\/p><p>The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~ <strong>245<\/strong> deaths.<\/p><p>The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968 &#8211; <strong>2,415<\/strong> casualties were incurred.<\/p><p>For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers, because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cbe8bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0cbe8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Navy corpsman is remembered<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5851e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb5851e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1084\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Navy-Corpsman-768x1084.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2029\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Navy-Corpsman-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Navy-Corpsman-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Navy-Corpsman-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Navy-Corpsman.jpg 926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">James Charles Delaplane - Navy Corpsman KIA Khe Sanh<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ff24d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7ff24d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d62bb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d62bb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A half century ago a young man from Carroll County joined the U.S. Navy. It was during the Vietnam War and odds were great that was where he would end up. His family does not know his motivation. Maybe it was something he wanted to do. Maybe it was to please his parents; his dad was a Navy veteran. Maybe it was something else. This young man, just barely 20, gave the ultimate sacrifice, his life. This is his story.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carrollcountycomet.com\/articles\/navy-corpsman-is-remembered\/\">https:\/\/www.carrollcountycomet.com\/articles\/navy-corpsman-is-remembered\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9a982c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9a982c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f47e12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f47e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e4586 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5e4586\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony_Pepper_G_26_April_07.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3680\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony_Pepper_G_26_April_07.webp 448w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony_Pepper_G_26_April_07-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Tony Pepper Family<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca1b781 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca1b781\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2ecb6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2ecb6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony-Pepper.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3679\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony-Pepper.webp 221w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony-Pepper-211x300.webp 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Anthony Pepper<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bec841 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bec841\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e97bc20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e97bc20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony_Pepper_G_26_April_07a.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3681\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony_Pepper_G_26_April_07a.webp 448w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tony_Pepper_G_26_April_07a-300x224.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Tony Pepper Family<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94c2647 e-flex e-con-boxed 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https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nathaniel-E-Jackson-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6738b57 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6738b57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fefb73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fefb73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NATHANIEL E JACKSON was killed on APRIL 16,1968, 1 of 74 BROTHERS killed in 1968, while in the service of their country. We shall never forget any of YOU, REST IN PEACE BROTHERS<\/p><p>YOU LIVE IN MY HEART<\/p><p>Posted on 6\/10\/99 &#8211; by Eddie Williams<\/p><p>Nathaniel, You were my squad leader and we were from the same hometown. we talked a lot about back home; back in the world. When I was new to the squad, you took me under your wing, protected me and showed me all the right things to do. We made it thru the seige of Khe Sanh, but I got hit on April 8th on Hill 689. You and most of the platoon got killed on April 16th ambush. The Walking Dead 1\/9 walked into a big one that day so I read. I have always felt bad about not being there with you that day. I saw Chip later in the hospital and he said that you died protecting your team. That is the best thing that can be said about a #Marine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-467a6aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"467a6aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1ebe2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1ebe2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/William-Mason.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2037\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/William-Mason.jpg 688w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/William-Mason-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Veteran William (Bill) Mason is shown in this photograph, courtesy of his brother, Greenwich Labor Contract Consultant Mike Mason. Bill served as a Marine in Vietnam and his deployment exacerbated his kidney ailment, which let to his death just a couple years after he returned home.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c4551 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6c4551\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b81f0e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b81f0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rel\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Greenwich Marine made it home from Vietnam War. But he &#8216;couldn&#8217;t get better&#8217; from its toll on his body.<span class=\"c-gray700 f aic g2 fw owa\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span class=\"lg:fs16\"><span class=\"lg:largeTimestamp smallTimestamp lg:fs16\">By\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"bylineSm lg:bylineLg pb1\"><a class=\"c-primaryAccessible hover:o70 td300 wbbw\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenwichtime.com\/author\/andy-blye\/\" data-link=\"native\">Andy Blye<\/a><\/span><span class=\"creditSm lg:fs16 c-gray700 ml2 mr4\">,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"creditSm lg:fs16 ls0 block sm:inline\">Staff writer<\/span><\/span><span class=\"smallTimestamp lg:largeTimestamp pb1 c-gray600\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><time datetime=\"2023-05-28 05:01:03\">May 28, 2023<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div><div><div class=\"r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj articleBody mb32\" data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Mike Mason was just shy of 5 years old when his brother Bill came back from Vietnam in 1968.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div id=\"subscriberVideo\" class=\"mb32 tac ox-hidden\" data-eid=\"item-100627\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1px y1px vh abs\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-channels-pixel.ex.co\/events\/0012000001fxZm9AAE?integrationType=DEFAULT&amp;template=design%2Farticle%2Fplatypus_two_column.tpl\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Bill was a corporal in the Marine Corps and he fought at the Siege of Khe Sanh, one of the longest and deadliest battles of the conflict.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj articleBody mb32\" data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\"><div class=\"r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj articleBody mb32\" data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">He survived the fight and made his way home, but his time in Vietnam still hastened his death: Battlefield conditions, injuries and malaria all exacerbated a kidney problem Bill was born with \u2014 so much so that he was medically discharged. Bill died just three years after returning home at age 24.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj articleBody mb32\" data-block-type=\"text\" data-dropcap=\"false\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cIt was a terrible time for my family. It was right before Christmas,\u201d Mike Mason said. \u201cMy dad says, \u2018Come on, hop in a car.\u2019 I can remember going down Skylark Road and making a right and trying to figure out what was going on. And my father said to me, \u2018Billy has passed away. He was sick and couldn&#8217;t get better.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The Mason family is one of many in Greenwich that still lives with the memory of the Vietnam era.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddb5c64 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ddb5c64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-817ee39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"817ee39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fa5de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23fa5de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HM-Charles-Boynton.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2241\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HM-Charles-Boynton.png 223w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HM-Charles-Boynton-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81cf0d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"81cf0d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7123b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7123b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">HM3 Charles Benham Boynton Jr.<\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>15 Nov 1947 &#8211; 16 Apr 1968 (aged 20)<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">KILLED IN ACTION VIETNAM (KHE SANH)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">UNITED STATES NAVY<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">HOSPITAL CORPSMAN 3RD CLASS, BATTLEFIELD MEDIC<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">H&amp;S CO, 3RD BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MAR DIV<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">HE IS HONORED ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL PANEL 50E LINE 11<\/p><p>Graduate of Dundalk High School Class of 1965 and enlisted in the Navy in June of 1966. 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Sevell<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7338e4b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7338e4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b80c97d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b80c97d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sevell-news-ad.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3674\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sevell-news-ad.webp 546w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sevell-news-ad-166x300.webp 166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1176fa0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1176fa0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eae60fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eae60fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-119e343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"119e343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Service Details<\/p><p>This Profile ID 294957<\/p><p>Service ID\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2346582<\/p><p>Name\u00a0 Arnold Javier Rivera<\/p><p>From\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 El Paso, El Paso County, Texas<\/p><p>Birth Date\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17 November 1948<\/p><p>Casualty Date\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25 February 1968<\/p><p>War\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vietnam War<\/p><p>Service Branch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marine Corps<\/p><p>Rank\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Private First Class<\/p><p>Specialty\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rifleman<\/p><p>Unit\/Group\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3rd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, B Company<\/p><p>Casualty Type\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Died through hostile action .. explosive device<\/p><p>Location\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ambushed Patrol Outside Khe Sanh Combat Base, South Vietnam, Quang Tri province<\/p><p>Notable Awards\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2605 National Defense Service Medal \u2605 Purple Heart \u2605 Vietnam Campaign Medal \u2605 Vietnam Service Medal<\/p><p>Remembered<\/p><p>Arnold is honored on the Vietnam Veteran&#8217;s Memorial in Washington DC. Name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 41e, Line 27.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab2e7e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab2e7e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d4a01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59d4a01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Arnold Javier Rivera was serving his country during the Vietnam War when he gave his all in the line of duty. He had enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Entered the service via Regular Military. He began his tour on 22 November 1967. Rivera had the rank of Private First Class. His military occupation or specialty was Rifleman. Service number assignment was 2346582. Attached to 3rd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, B Company.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>He was born on 17 November 1948. According to our records Texas was his home or enlistment state and El Paso County has been included within the archival record. We have El Paso listed as his city. During his service in the Vietnam War, Marine Corps Private First Class Rivera experienced a traumatic event which ultimately resulted in loss of life on 25 February 1968. Recorded circumstances attributed to: Died through hostile action .. explosive device. Incident location: Ambushed Patrol Outside Khe Sanh Combat Base, South Vietnam, Quang Tri province.<\/p><p>Commendations + Awards<\/p><p>Please note this might not be a complete or completely accurate account. For some awards we use probability factors based on known service details. Thanks for your understanding.<\/p><p>\u2605 Purple Heart \u2605 Combat Action Ribbon \u2605 Marksmanship Badge \u2605 National Defense Service Medal \u2605 Vietnam Campaign Medal \u2605 Vietnam Service Medal \u2605 Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation \u2605 Vietnam Gallantry Cross<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7446b96 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7446b96\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b97015d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b97015d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Arnold-Javier-Rivera.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Arnold-Javier-Rivera.webp 341w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Arnold-Javier-Rivera-211x300.webp 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Arnold Javier Rivera<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vietnam Memorial Wall Vietnam Virtual Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial Khe Sanh Killed in Action (KIA) Vietnam War Prisons of War (POW) Echoes of the Wall Dennis Mannion the trip home The Vietnam Women&#8217;s Memorial Vietnam Women&#8217;s Memorialby Emily Strange He lies unseeing and seemingly unconscious cradled in her armsas she supports his broad shoulders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1686","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}