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Usually I reserve Memorial Day for remembrance of the seven classmates and cadre of OC504-68 who perished in Viet Nam. (Eleven others have since died of various causes at home, including AIDS.) But this year I also want to nod to the one hundred twenty-six MACV advisors who died in pursuit of counterinsurgency (the strategy being pursued in Iraq and Afghanistan), at least according to the Virtual Wall, which may not be complete as to MACV. And, especially, MAJ Roger Lee Graham, of my own Advisory Team 15.

UPDATE: I got an email, apparently from Major Graham’s sister, wanting any details I had about him. I have none other than what’s at the link. I never met him. He apparently was on Team 15 before I arrived in Viet Nam.