Troung Quang An becomes the first South Vietnamese general killed in action when his aircraft is shot down. The commander of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division (more popularly known as the 'Big Red One"), Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware, suffered a similar fate when his helicopter was shot down on September 13. Maj. Gen. Ware was one of two U.S. division commanders killed during the war; the other was Maj. Gen. George W. Casey of the 1st Cavalry Division who was killed in a helicopter crash on July 7, 1970.
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ARVN general killed
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This Week in History, Sep 8 - Sep 14
- Sep 08, 1954
- SEATO established
- Sep 08, 1968
- ARVN general killed
- Sep 09, 1967
- Hackney receives Medal of Honor
- Sep 09, 1969
- Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi
- Sep 09, 1972
- DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace
- Sep 10, 1963
- President Kennedy gets mixed signals
- Sep 10, 1964
- President Johnson sends signal to both North and South Vietnamese
- Sep 11, 1965
- 1st Cavalry Division arrives in country
- Sep 11, 1968
- Heavy fighting rages in Tay Ninh
- Sep 12, 1959
- Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam
- Sep 12, 1972
- U.S. intelligence agencies report 100,000 troops in the South
- Sep 13, 1945
- British troops arrive to disarm the Japanese
- Sep 13, 1964
- Attempted coup against Khanh government fails
- Sep 13, 1968
- Large operation begins in the DMZ
- Sep 14, 1965
- South Vietnamese forces and U.S. advisers conduct parachute assault
- Sep 14, 1966
- Operation Attleboro is launched in War Zone C
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