SGT Richard Diers, a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol soldier, gave his life on a dangerous border mission in 1968. He was 20 years old.
Navy Engineman Henry Vernon Closser served at Nha Be keeping river operations alive. He drowned on November 19, 1971—one of the quiet, often overlooked sacrifices of the Vietnam War.
Sgt. Joseph J. Hernandez Jr. of the 101st Airborne was mortally wounded by an explosive device in Thua Thien Province on November 19, 1968. He was 22. His name lives on at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
At just 20, SP4 Thomas Olearnick disappeared under enemy fire in Kontum. Never recovered, he is remembered on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
PFC Robert “Clutch” Schares of Jesup, Iowa served with fierce courage in the 1st Cavalry Division, earning a Silver Star, Bronze Stars, the Air Medal, and two Purple Hearts before succumbing to wounds from enemy artillery on November 18, 1969.
PFC Jeffrey Lynn Buchanan, a Marine rifleman from Evansville, Indiana, was killed by enemy artillery fire in Quang Tri Province on Nov. 14, 1968. At just 19, he gave his life in service to his country. His sacrifice is forever remembered.
