8 July 1959
Death of Chester Ovnand
Killed with Dale Buis in the Bien Hoa attack
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bien Hoa in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Killed with Dale Buis in the Bien Hoa attack
Killed in an attack often counted among the first US combat deaths in Vietnam
B-26s & SC-47s are redesignated as "reconnaissance bombers"
Kennedy authorizes fighter bomber trainers to the Bien Hoa Air Base
Farm Gate aircraft are authorized to fly combat missions
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