us entered vietnam war in 1965.
us entered vietnam war in 1965.
when did the us enter vietnam war start?
1965
for over 40 years the first american serviceman who died in vietnam was in controversy. richard b. fitzgibbon jr.'s death in june 1956 was deemed to have taken place before the start of the vietnam war. however, the family of fitzgibbon had long lobbied to have the start date changed and their cause was taken up by u.s. representative ed markey (d-ma). after a high level review by the dod and through the efforts of fitzgibbon's family, the start date of the vietnam war was changed to november 1, 1955. the november 1955 date was chosen as the new start date because that was when the military assistance advisory group (maag) in vietnam was separated out from "maag, indochina". this was a reorganization of the maag into the different countries. with this new date fitzgibbon became the first person to die in the vietnam war, fitzgibbon's name was added to the vietnam memorial wall in 1999. the former first two official casualties were u.s. army major dale r. buis and master sergeant chester charles ovnand who were killed on july 8, 1959.
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