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Allen McCabe, a National Park Service volunteer, does a pencil rubbing of Amry Maj. Dale Buis' name located on panel 1E of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009. The rubbing was completed after a ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the deaths of Buis and Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand,who were serving in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, as part of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group.

Allen McCabe, a National Park Service volunteer, does a pencil rubbing of Amry Maj. Dale Buis' name located on panel 1E of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009. The rubbing was completed after a ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the deaths of Buis and Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand,who were serving in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, as part of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group.

Allen McCabe, a National Park Service volunteer, does a pencil rubbing of Amry Maj. Dale Buis' name located on panel 1E of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009. The rubbing was completed after a ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the deaths of Buis and Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand,who were serving in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, as part of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group.

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