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Retired U.S. Army Capt. Nathaniel P. Ward IV, left, and retired Army Maj. Sam Ratcliffe stand in front of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, after laying a wreath in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers to be killed in the Vietnam War. Ward and Ratcliffe are also holding photographs of the two soldiers: Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis. They were killed when their compound in Bien Hoa, just north of Saigon, was attacke

TWO SOLDIERS

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Nathaniel P. Ward IV, left, and retired Army Maj. Sam Ratcliffe stand in front of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, after laying a wreath in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers to be killed in the Vietnam War. Ward and Ratcliffe are also holding photographs of the two soldiers: Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis. They were killed when their compound in Bien Hoa, just north of Saigon, was attacke

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