Celebrities who died in vietnam: 59 Photos
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Catherine Anne Warnes (7 December 1949 – 20 July 1969), professionally Cathy Wayne, was an Australian singer and dancer, who was killed during a tour of Vietnam at a United States Marine Base where she was hosting with others a music concert to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War conflict.
Actor Dennis Franz is best known for portraying a TV detective and starring in numerous blockbuster films in the 1970s through the 1990s. Dennis Franz in South Vietnam in 1968. Less known, is that Franz was a soldier who served in combat during the height of the Vietnam War.
At least 12 men killed in Vietnam were 17 years old. There are 120 persons who listed foreign countries as their home of record. At least 25,000 of those killed were 20 years old or younger. More than 17,000 of those killed were married.
Charles McMahon (May 10, 1953 – April 29, 1975) and Darwin Lee Judge (February 16, 1956 – April 29, 1975) were the last two United States servicemen killed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
135 combat photographers. It was risky business. Between Nov. 24, 1945, and April 30, 1975, 135 combat photographers died in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, including 20-year-old Marine corporal William T. Perkins Jr., who received the Medal of Honor after he threw himself on a live grenade to protect the riflemen he was photographing.