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A U.S. Air Force bugler plays taps at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War. U.S. Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis were killed at their base camp in Bien Hoa, just north of Saigon, Vietnam.

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A U.S. Air Force bugler plays taps at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War. U.S. Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis were killed at their base camp in Bien Hoa, just north of Saigon, Vietnam.

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