Originally Posted By: Eric
I always put it at Nov. 1965 - Mar. 1973
Originally Posted By: Eric
I use those dates because Nov. 1965 was the first major engagement.

Maybe, but my service file contains a letter from my commandig officer stating, "You have served ... [in] the Vietnam Hostile Fire Zone. The inclusive dates ... were July 1964 to February 1965 and March 1966 to August 1966."
(The letter was the basis for getting combat pay for those periods.)
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