"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."
The Vietnam war from 1959 to 1975.
If your referring to the Vietnam War, the first U.S military advisors arrived in Vietnam in 1950.
Guy Symmonds
There was no Fort Sumter for the Vietnam War; the war started like a cancer...it grew.
They never heard of Vietnam before.
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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 tagline "The first casualty of war is innocence" is associated with the film "Platoon," directed by Oliver Stone and released in 1986. The movie explores the harrowing experiences of a young soldier in the Vietnam War, highlighting the moral ambiguities and psychological toll of combat. This phrase encapsulates the film's themes of lost innocence and the brutal realities of 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
The Vietnam war from 1959 to 1975.
What war for the first? Communists won the war in Vietnam.
The politicians. If they had let the commanders run the battlefield, there would have been less casualty. Instead, the war was run by politicians.
If he was a casualty, his name will be on the wall. If he's still present, ask him.
For the United States, over 58,000 dead, and over 300,000 wounded US servicemen.
If your referring to the Vietnam War, the first U.S military advisors arrived in Vietnam in 1950.