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U.S. Army Major Dale Richard Buis (August 29, 1921 – July 8, 1959) is the first name listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Buis originally hailed from Pender, Nebraska, and graduated from Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri. He was part of the Military Assistance Advisory Group sent in 1955 to train South Vietnam troops. He and Chester Charles Ovnand were killed at Bien Hoa, 20 miles northeast of Saigon. The Vietcong ambushed the mess hall while the American officers were watching a movie.

See also

• Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr.

Further reading

• "Death at Intermission Time", Time, July 20, 1959.