Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3278 and the Ladies Auxiliary announce that they will observe the signing of the Paris Peace Accords on January 27th, 1973, ending America’s involvement in Vietnam. This observation of the U.S. involvement will be held on 12 January at 6:30pm at the VFW Post which is located at 2300 Stephen F. Austin, in Brownwood. The public is invited to attend.
The war which officially lasted 11 years became America’s longest war. Over 58,000 Services members were killed and over 153,000 were wounded with 2,338 still listed as MIA.
The first American causality was OSS LTC Peter Dewey killed on September 26, 1945 well before the major involvement of American forces. In the last engagement of the war May 12-15, 1975, 15 servicemen lost their lives through direct enemy contact and 3 others listed as MIA were executed by the Khmer Rouge during the Mayaguez incidence.
