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First US Soldier Killed in Viet Nam, Sept 26, 1945

 
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BuffaloJack
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:24 am    Post subject: First US Soldier Killed in Viet Nam, Sept 26, 1945 Reply with quote
September 26, 1945. The first American military death in Vietnam occurs, during the unrest in Saigon, as Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey, on a mission to rescue Allied war prisoners and search for missing Americans, is ambushed by Ho Chi Minh's forces (Vietminh) who mistook him for a French officer. French and Vietminh spokesmen blame each other for his death. Dewey's body was never recovered.
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Arty Guy
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Correct. You get a gold star. However, I don't think you will see his name on any monument anywhere.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:09 am    Post subject: Re: First US Soldier Killed in Viet Nam, Sept 26, 1945 Reply with quote
BuffaloJack wrote:
French and Vietminh spokesmen blame each other for his death. Dewey's body was never recovered.


Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey's name rightfully should be recorded on a WWII monument.

...we know who is responsible for the death of the last man killed in Vietnam: John Kerry, Jane Fonda, and the VVAW, and their names should go on prison uniforms.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:20 am    Post subject: Re: First US Soldier Killed in Viet Nam, Sept 26, 1945 Reply with quote
TEWSPilot wrote:
BuffaloJack wrote:
French and Vietminh spokesmen blame each other for his death. Dewey's body was never recovered.


Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey's name rightfully should be recorded on a WWII monument.

...we know who is responsible for the death of the last man killed in Vietnam: John Kerry, Jane Fonda, and the VVAW, and their names should go on prison uniforms.


I could not have said it better.
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