Vietnam

Vietnam (HM1QHL)

Location: Bentonville, AR 72712 Benton County
Country: United States of America
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N 36° 26.012', W 94° 13.799'

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The 1954 Geneva Accords temporarily divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and nationalist-controlled South Vietnam. Three years later South Vietnamese Communists, called Vietcong, began rebelling. To try to halt the spread of Communism, America sent military advisors to Vietnam. In 1964, Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution which granted the President the power to escalate American military involvement. In 1965, massive bombing of North Vietnam began and the first U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam. Despite the escalation, the war became bogged down in a stalemate. The Tet offensive in 1968 stunned Americans as coordinated attacks by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese regulars swept South Vietnam. Opposition to the war strengthened and in 1973, the United States signed a peace agreement and began withdrawing its forces from Vietnam.
Deaths: 58,204
Wounds: 153,303
[Image caption] Rangers: Vietnam
[Map] "A Tragic Conflict in Southeast Asia"
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HM NumberHM1QHL
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Year Placed2012
Placed ByThe Veterans Council of Northwest Arkansas and Many Concerned Citizens and Organizations
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Date Added Friday, January 15th, 2016 at 5:01pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 389751 N 4032738
Decimal Degrees36.43353333, -94.22998333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 26.012', W 94° 13.799'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 26' 0.72" N, 94° 13' 47.94" W
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Area Code(s)479
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 127 Lake Bella Vista Trail, Bentonville AR 72712, US
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