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Ho Chi Minh's rise to power and the tensions froms the Cold War jumpstarted the conflict with North Vietnam.
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Major Dale R. Buis was formally the first American casualty of the Vietnam War. Ambushed at Bien Hoa.
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On this date the Vietcong, or the National Liberation Front, officially formed.
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In Dinh Tuong Province the Vietcong defeat the South Vietnam Army.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson takes his place as President.
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In 1965 the U.S. rapidly increased the number of soldiers in South Vietnam after realizing how badly South Vietnam was losing the war against North Vietnam.
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The U.S. began bombing North Vietnam in what was known as Operation Rolling Thunder.
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Ia Drang was the first major battle between the U.S. and the PAVN. (People's Army of Vietnam)
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In 1968 the massacre of My Lai Village by U.S. Troops shocked the world. Between 350 and 500 unarmed Vietnamese citizens were killed. Considered "the most shocking episode of the Vietnam War."
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The NVA and the Vietcong launched what was known as the Tet Offensive. Not necessarily a combat victory, but the North Vietnamese considered it a Propaganda victory.
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The President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam dies of Congestive Heart Failure.
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On this date the Selected Service System of the U.S. had what they called a "loterry" to decide who would be called to serve in the military. Chosen from a pool of those individuals born between 1944-1950
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Papers with evidence that the Pentagon and the Johnson administration had involvement in the Vietnam conflict extending back to 1945 are published publically.
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Pressure on President Nixon rises to end the conflict in Vietnam. Secret peace talks begin.
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Cease-Fire is signed in Paris and immediately goes into effect.
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U.S. Troops withdraw from Vietnam.
