U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Dennis Edward Vacenofsky was killed in action on October 5, 1970 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Dennis was 27 years old and from Brooksville, Florida. HQ, 2nd CAG, Combined Action, III MAF. Remember Dennis today. He is an American Hero.🇺🇸

U.S. Army Private First Class Larry William Chaney was killed in action on October 4, 1971 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Larry was 19 years old and from York, Alabama. C Company, 1st Bn, 46th Infantry, Americal Division. Remember Larry today. He is an American Hero.🇺🇸

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Peter Allan Sparks was killed in action on October 4, 1967 in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. Peter was a 19 year old Navy Corpsman from Minneapolis, Minnesota. H&S Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. Remember “Doc” today. He is an American Hero.🇺🇸

U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Wesley Phelps of Neafus, Kentucky, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on October 4, 1944, on Pelelieu. Phelps was drafted and inducted into the Marine Corps in 1943 and was assigned to the Signal Battalion for one month, then transferred to the Infantry Training Battalion. He joined the 27th Replacement Battalion in September. He left the United States in October 1943, joining Company M, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines of the 1st Marine Division in December and was promoted to private first class in April 1944. After a so-called "rest" at Pavuvu Island in the Russell Islands, the 1st Division left for the little-publicized Peleliu Island operation. After nineteen days of bitter and costly fighting, the night of October 4, 1944, found Company K strung out along the military crest of one of the coral mountains for which Peleliu is noted. With the Marines on one slope of the hill and the Japanese on the opposite slope, rifles became useless, and a series of hand grenade battles took place over several days. During the night, the enemy launched a particularly vicious counterattack. PFC Phelps and a fellow Marine were in a foxhole when a Japanese grenade landed with a thud between them. Private First Class Phelps shouted, "Look out, Shipley!" then unhesitatingly rolled over on the grenade, taking the full force of the explosion with his own body. Phelps was killed, while PFC Richard Shipley received only a tiny scratch. He was 21 years old. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 4, 1944. Phelps was initially buried in the United States Armed Forces Cemetery on Peleliu but was later reinterred in Rosine Cemetery in Rosine, Kentucky. #WeRememberThem

United States Marine Corps Private First Class Bernard Joseph Masny was killed in action on October 3, 1965 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Bernard was 19 years old and from Chicago, Illinois. M Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines. Remember Bernard today. American Hero.🇺🇸

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Third Class John Brayton Harlow Jr. was killed in an accidental explosion on October 3, 1968 in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. John was a 22 year old Corpsman from Columbus, Ohio. H&S Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines. Remember “Doc” today.🇺🇸

United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Alex Leon McLean was killed in action on October 3, 1969 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Alex was 21 years old & from Lillington, North Carolina. I Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. Remember Alex today. He is an American Hero.🇺🇸

United States Marine Corps Private First Class Johnnie Lee Lawrence was killed in action on October 3, 1966 in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. Johnnie was 18 years old and from Kleberg, Texas. H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. Remember Johnnie today. American Hero.🇺🇸

United States Marine Corps Private First Class Myron Rudolph Ross II was killed in action on October 3, 1968 in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. Myron was 20 years old & from Rahway, New Jersey. G Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines. Remember Myron today. Semper Fi. Hero.🇺🇸🎖

U.S. Army Private First Class Christian Lars Williams was killed in action on October 2, 1967 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Christian was 18 years old and from Redondo Beach, California. C Company, 1st Bn, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. Remember Christian today. American Hero.🇺🇸