Timeline Wednesday 8 July 1959

Events on Wednesday 8 July 1959 1

• 1959 First American combat deaths of the Vietnam War Two U.S. advisors killed in guerrilla attack at Bien Hoa Major Dale Buis and Master Sergeant Chester Ovnand were killed when Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a U.S. military advisory compound at Bien Hoa. They are commonly regarded as the first American servicemen killed in the Vietnam War. Their names are the first listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.