Pfc. Dan Bullock became the youngest American service member killed in the Vietnam War after forging his birth certificate to enlist in the Marine Corps at only 14-years-old.

Charles Armitage can easily remember the date his heart stopped beating during the Vietnam War — March 25, 1968. It was his mother’s birthday. A Marine Corps infantryman assigned as the machine gunner ...

Every February, Black History Month shines a light on Americans whose contributions shaped the nation. One belongs to Pfc.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Lance Cpl. Milo Plank Jr.’s tank platoon rolled off landing craft and onto beaches south of Chu Lai, Vietnam, in August 1965, ...

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A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a mission in the jungles of ...

CLEVES, Ohio (ENQUIRER) - Daniel Leroy “Duke” Heller spent 13 months and eight days in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. On Wednesday – 55 years, six months and 15 days after what he ...

Panel 25, Line 84 — just one of the reasons Lee Thacker was aboard Honor Air Flight 33 on Oct. 4 out of McGhee Tyson. The Townsend resident, retired millwright worker and Vietnam combat veteran made ...

A year after enlisting, Cloninger experienced the moment that would change his life forever when he was hit by a grenade ...

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BISHOPVILLE — He's fought for many things across his 87 years of life. Sometimes, the fight was for life itself. "Lieutenant James Capers and his Force Reconnaissance Marines were ambushed by a ...

Edward Florez was 18 years old, a high school senior in rural Rocky Ford, when he decided to take his future — or, at least the part of it he still could — into his own hands. It was 1968. Officially ...