I’m here because the shrapnel that would have pierced my dad’s heart struck the 20-round magazine of his M16 instead. It wasn’t his first or last near-death experience as a Marine in Vietnam from 1968 ...

William Pimentel was born in Eureka and joined the Marine Corps — Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines — in Camp Pendleton in Oceanside for boot camp. Pimentel was shipped to Camp Schwab, ...

CAMP PENDLETON — First Lt. Philip H. Sauer and four Marines were sent on a reconnaissance mission to the top of hill 861 to get a better view of a cave complex suspected to be a North Vietnamese Army ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FISHERS,Ind. — During the last weekend in ...

QUINCY, Ill. (WLS) -- The dog tag belonging to an Illinois soldier killed in Vietnam was returned to his family Wednesday thanks to a Canadian tourist. Corporal David Gary Redenius was killed in April ...