soldiers were killed during a guerrilla raid on their quarters near Saigon the war ended ignominiously in 1975. In all, 58,222 Americans died during a futile war that began in 1959 when the first U.S. Among the enemy, an estimated 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters were killed 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died, and more than 2 million innocent civilians were killed. Aiding combatants, eight female nurses lost their lives. Their bodies never recovered, another 91 are presumed dead. Other fatalities included those who perished from wounds, suicides, homicides, accidents and illnesses. Young Mark was one of the 40,934 American military personnel killed in action. Mark Vanderheid (back row, second from left) with the VFW Little League team in 1961
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