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Captain Harvey Paul Kelley: A Leader Who Stood at the Front
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Captain Harvey Paul Kelley: A Leader Who Stood at the Front

Remembered by his men as “one of the finest officers in the US Army.
PFC Jesse Lewis Adams: A LRRP Warrior Who Never Came Home
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PFC Jesse Lewis Adams: A LRRP Warrior Who Never Came Home

Nineteen-year-old Jesse Lewis Adams of Rock Hill served with the elite LRRPs of the 1st Infantry Division before being killed in Vietnam—just weeks before his son was born. His sacrifice echoes through generations.
Into the Darkness: The F-111 Aardvark, Missing Airmen, and the Final Flight of CAPT Ronald D. Stafford
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Into the Darkness: The F-111 Aardvark, Missing Airmen, and the Final Flight of CAPT Ronald D. Stafford

A cutting-edge strike jet meant to outfly danger instead vanished again and again in the Vietnam night. Among its missing is CAPT Ronald D. Stafford, whose unexplained loss still stands as one of the war’s most haunting mysteries.
Into the Shadows: The Last Patrol of SGT Richard Walter Diers
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Into the Shadows: The Last Patrol of SGT Richard Walter Diers

SGT Richard Diers, a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol soldier, gave his life on a dangerous border mission in 1968. He was 20 years old.
Lance Corporal Kenneth Lee Chappell — A Marine’s Last Stand in Quang Tri
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Lance Corporal Kenneth Lee Chappell — A Marine’s Last Stand in Quang Tri

LCpl Kenneth Lee Chappell of Henrico County, Virginia, served with L Company, 3/1 Marines in Quang Tri Province. He was killed by enemy fire near Than Tham Khe on December 27, 1967, at just 20 years old.
Henry Vernon Closser — A Navy Engineman Lost to the Rivers of Vietnam
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Henry Vernon Closser — A Navy Engineman Lost to the Rivers of Vietnam

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.
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