New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades ...

In late 1965 an American C-123 was shot down, killing all four American crew members and 81 South Vietnamese Airborne soldiers. The crash site was located in a contested area and was not visited ...

More than 58,000 U.S. service members died in the war, and since it ended in 1975, innumerable American veterans have returned to Vietnam, seeking understanding, forgiveness or reconciliation.

The battle at Firebase Bird. By 1966, Vietnam’s civil war had been raging for more than a decade, and US involvement had grown from a smattering of military advisers and special forces to a ...

The monument to all Mexican American veterans in Boyle Heights was dedicated in 1947 — the same year that a new generation of Latino soldiers, the Vietnam generation, was being born.

It’s one of the few memorials in the country to salute the South Vietnamese soldiers who fought side-by-side with American soldiers. Two bronze statues stand guard over the memorial, one an ...

The M151 MUTT saw limited combat use in Vietnam, but it was commonly used inside American military installations and on city streets in support roles.

In 1993 there was another African-American statue at the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. Three women are working to aid a dying American soldier at this moving Memorial.

Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins and Spc. 4 Donald P. Sloat were awarded Medals of Honor for valor in Vietnam, during a ceremony at the White House, Sept. 15, 2014.