Vietnam war Brady Hefner

1959 virtnam war

Period: Jan 1, 1959 to Dec 31, 1961

First american killed in south vietnam

Jul 8, 1959

guerrillas stiked a military attack on a military base
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Hawaii became the 50th state

Aug 21, 1959

Hawaii made the 50th state
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Us increases advisers

May 8, 1960

sent military advisors to vietname
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Johnson visits south vietnam

May 21, 1960

offered econamic aid
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Kennedy was elected

Nov 8, 1960

JFK was elected
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South army Coup fails

Nov 11, 1960

Diem defets an attempted coup of his own south vietnamese forces they were called the (ARVN) Army of the Republic of Vietnam
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National Liberation front and viet cong formed

Dec 20, 1960

NLF formed to crush Diem's regime andVC was a insurgent organizations military wing that was funded by the North Vietnam government.
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South goverment officials killed

Apr 5, 1961

Southern vietnam officials killed from gurilla warfare by viet kong gurilla fighters (4,000 dead)

American reinforcments

Dec 11, 1961

american helicopters arrived in south vietnam with 400 us personel who would fly and maintian aircrafts
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First us Combat death

Dec 22, 1961

American servise man dies in vietnam first recorded death
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