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Dale Richard Buis
Dale R. Buis is the first name inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Major Buis died on July 8, 1959, when Vietnamese terrorists attacked a military base in Bien Hoa. Buis and five other men were watching a movie when, at intermission, assassins attacked and killed Major Buis and Sergeant Chester Ovnand.
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Death at Intermission Time - TIME
Time's article about the deaths of Major Buis and Sergeant Ovnand
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