Shiawassee County

RANK.....NAME........................................CITY...............................BORN .........................DIED

Army SGT. Walter Eugene Hutchinson.........Durand...........11-3-48...........9-4-69

Army SP4 Alexander C. Zsigo, Jr. .........Durand.........12-19-45.........6-22-67

Army PFC John Andrew Sickles...........Laingsburg..........7-13-47.........6-16-67

Army SGT. Russell Reid Bannister............Lennon........10-14-45........8-29-67

Marine CPL. LaMonte Van Horsley.......Lennon.......1-31-47......5-9-68

Army SGT. Dwight I. Ade...........Owosso........4-8-47........3-27-70

Air Force MAJOR Milton Donald Britton.......Owosso.....2-25-22......4-6-62

Ralph was the assistant manager of the Burger Ranch in Westown Owosso and was attending Mott Community College just prior to his term of service with the Army.

Army SP4 Arnel J. Davis, Jr. ........Corunna........12-16-46........6-28-67

Army SP4 Barry Richard Grulke.........Owosso........7-30-48........6-18-69

Army SP4 Michael James Johnson.........Owosso........6-22-49........6-19-68

Army PFC James Arthur Loux.........Owosso.......2-10-50........4-5-71

Marine LCP Donald Joseph Murphy........Owosso.......4-17-50.......6-20-70

Marine L. Terry Dean Shauver..........Perry........1-21-47..........3-26-67

Wesley Beaver...............

Alvin McMann Jr. ...............

Benny Sloat....................

Tommy Terry....................

Please e-mail any infomation you may have concerning the Vietnam War and these soldiers.

Ho Chi Minh establishes the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi. Vietnam is divided.

December, 1946

The French army returns to Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh--a guerilla army.

1950

The U.S. begins to subsidize the French in Vietnam.

May 7, 1954

The French are defeated at Dien Bien Phu. The famous General Giap commands the Vietnamese forces.

June, 1954

The CIA establishes a military mission in Saigon.

July 20, 1954

The Geneva Conference on Indochina declares a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel.

1955

The U.S.-backed Diem organizes the Republic of Vietnam as an independent nation; declares himself president.

July 8, 1959

The first American combat death in Vietnam occurs.

1960

The National Liberation Front (NLF)--called the Viet Cong--is founded in South Vietnam.

1961

The U.S. military buildup in Vietnam begins.

June 16, 1963

A Buddhist monk immolates himself in Saigon.

November 1, 1963

South Vietnamese President Diem is assassinated.

May 4, 1964

Trade embargo imposed on North Vietnam in response to attacks from the North on South Vietnam.

August 4, 1964

The Gulf of Tonkin incident occurs. President Johnson orders the bombing of North Vietnam.

June, 1965

Generals Ky and Thieu seize the South Vietnamese government.

March 8, 1965

First U.S. combat troops reach South Vietnam.

September, 1967

Thieu is elected president of South Vietnam.

Oct. 21-23, 1967

50,000 people demonstrate against the war in Washington, D.C.

January 31, 1968

The Tet Offensive

1967-1968

The battle of Khe Sanh

March, 1968

The My Lai massacre

May 10-20, 1969

The battle for Hamburger Hill

May 20, 1969

The Paris peace talks begin.

July 8, 1969

President Nixon announces the first troop withdrawals from South Vietnam.

September 3, 1969

Ho Chi Minh dies.

November 15, 1969

250,000 people demonstrate against the war in Washington, D.C.

April 30, 1970

The armies of the U.S. and South Vietnam invade Cambodia.

May 4, 1970

Four students are killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University in Ohio.

May 6, 1970

More than 100 colleges are closed due to student riots over Kent State.

February, 1971

Laos invaded

December, 1972

Christmas bombing of Hanoi

January 27, 1973

United States and North Vietnam sign Paris cease-fire agreements, ending American combat role in war. U.S. military draft ends.

March 29, 1973

Last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam.

Feb. 12-27, 1973

POWs begin to come home--Operation Homecoming

April 1, 1973

Hanoi releases last 591 (acknowledged) American POWs.

April 29, 1975

Saigon falls; last Americans evacuated; last American combat death.

April 30, 1975

North Vietnamese forces take over Saigon, South Vietnam surrenders to North Vietnam,. ending the war and reunifying the country under communist control. Washington extends embargo to all of Vietnam.

December, 1978

Vietnam invades Cambodia and topples Khmer Rouge.

1979

Western European countries and non-communist Asian nations support U.S.-led embargo against Vietnam, in protest against invasion of Cambodia.

February, 1982

Vietnam agrees to talks on American MIAs.

November 13, 1982

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, "The Wall," is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

1988

Vietnam begins cooperation with United States to resolve fate of American servicemen missing in action (MIA).

September/October, 1988

United States and Vietnam conduct first joint field investigations on MIAs.

September 1989

Vietnam completes Cambodia withdrawal.

April 21, 1991

United States and Vietnam agree to establish U.S. office in Hanoi to help determine MIAs' fate.

October, 1991

Vietnam supports U.N. peace plan for Cambodia. Secretary of State James Baker says Washington is ready to take steps towards normalizing relations with Hanoi. Washington presents Hanoi with ''roadmap'' plan for phased normalization of relations and lifting of U.S. embargo.

December, 1991

Washington lifts ban on organized U.S. travel to Vietnam.

April 29, 1992

Washington eases trade embargo by allowing commercial sales to Vietnam that meet basic human needs, lifts restrictions on projects by American non-governmental and non-profit groups, and allows establishment of telecommunications links with Vietnam.

October, 1992

Retired General John Vessey, U.S. presidential envoy on MIA issue, makes sixth trip to Hanoi, obtains Vietnamese agreement on wider MIA cooperation, which Washington describes as a breakthrough.

December 14, 1992

President Bush lets U.S. companies open offices, sign contracts and do feasibility studies in Vietnam.

July 2, 1993

President Clinton ends U.S. opposition to settlement of Vietnam's $140 million arrears to the International Monetary Fund, clearing the way for the resumption of international lending to Vietnam.

September 13, 1993

Clinton eases economic sanctions against Vietnam to allow American firms to bid on development projects financed by international banks.

January 16, 1994

Head of U.S. Pacific Command visits Vietnam, the highest-ranking active-duty U.S. military officer to do since the war's end. Admiral Charles Larson later says he has concluded that lifting the trade embargo would help efforts to account for Americans missing from the war.

January 27, 1994

Backed by broad bipartisan support, the Senate approves non-binding resolution urging Clinton to lift embargo, a move they felt would help get a full account of Americans still listed as missing in the Vietnam War.

January 28, 1995

U.S. and Vietnam sign agreements settling old property claims and establishing liaison offices in each other's capitals.

February 3, 1995

Clinton announces the lifting of the trade embargo.

October 5, 1995

House passes bill saying MIA accounting should remain central to U.S. policy in Vietnam and the main function of a U.S. liaison office in Vietnam.

January 27, 1995

U.S. and Vietnam sign agreement to open liaison offices in each other's capitals.

April 30, 1995

Vietnam celebrates the 20th anniversary of the end of the war.

May 15, 1995

Vietnam gives U.S. presidential delegation batch of documents on missing Americans, later hailed by Pentagon as most detailed and informative of their kind.

May 23, 1995

Senators John Kerry (D, Mass) and John McCain (R,-Ariz.), both Vietnam veterans, urge Clinton to normalize relations.

May 31, 1995

Vietnam turns over 100 pages of maps and reports about U.S. servicemen killed or captured during the war. An American veteran's map helps locate a mass grave of communist soldiers killed during the war.

June 1995

Senators Kerry and McCain say they plan to offer a Senate resolution approving normalized relations with Vietnam.

Secretary of State Warren Christopher recommends to President Clinton that the United States establish formal diplomatic relations with Vietnam.

State Department praises Hanoi authorities for increasing counter-narcotics cooperation with the United States.

Vietnamese President Le Duc Anh announces he will visit the United States in October for a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.

July 11, 1995

President Clinton announces normalization of relations with Vietnam, saying the time has come to move forward and bind up the wounds from the war.

August 5, 1995

Secretarty of State Warren Christopher opens U.S. embassy in Hanoi.

September 4, 1995

Former President George Bush visits Vietnam.

November 7-10, 1995

Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara visits Vietnam.