In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a Marine.
A month later, another mine killed a Rock Hill soldier with 10 siblings back home and a week left on his tour of duty. A former all-conference high school quarterback from Clover died that same year, after leaving school early for the Marines.
Last month marked 50 years since Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War two years after American troops withdrew. Most if not every year since, the names of more than 58,000 Americans killed in that war have been read aloud or searched for on stone memorials across the country on Memorial Day…