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Will Southcombe's avatar

A really tough call. I grieve for those men and their families. However, they were not, in fact, participating in the action re Vietnam. They were, in essence, "TDY" to the training exercise far from Vietnam waters. I believe the same rule should apply, here, that applies to soldiers TDY from Vietnam (training, etc) OR, those on R&R in, say, Australia. If a soldier dies while on R&R in Australia and his name gets on the Wall, then these sailors should be added. If not, not. Regardless, thank you, Tara Ross for reminding us that the impact of the war continue - perhaps, forever.

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Justin. Hart's avatar

What a tragedy and shame on our government for not recognizing the 74 sailors who died that fateful night ! The men who died that night should be on the “ Wall “ they were following orders and the fact that some defense dept bureaucrat thought a training exercise in the middle of a WAR WAS A GOOD Idea is both Wrong + Dumb !

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