Contains extremely mild spoilers for the mid-season premiere of Mad Men
Few things can place a fictional story on a real-world timeline better than a Presidential speech can. In the case of the Sunday night mid-season premiere of Mad Men, the background appearance of a speech by Richard Nixon dates one scene precisely, at April 30, 1970, around 9 p.m. Eastern, when Nixon addressed the nation.
It also dates the scene, though somewhat less precisely, to a time of what even the President of the United States dubbed “anarchy.”
Nixon began the speech by laying out what was going on in Vietnam, as the war there raged on. He had recently pledged to ramp up the withdrawal of American troops from the war zone, but explained, using the visual aid of a map, that doing so successfully would now require, paradoxically, diving deeper into the conflict. North Vietnam had built up “military sanctuaries” along its border with Cambodia, which were being used as bases for attacks on South Vietnam. Cambodia had been neutral in the conflict, but was now asking for help from the U.S., Nixon told the country. In response, he and the South Vietnamese had decided to “clean out” the sanctuaries with a new series of attacks.
The new attacks, he said, were in the service of bringing the war to an end. But, he continued, the desire to end the conflict did not mean the U.S. would just give up:
The time came long ago to end this war through peaceful negotiations. We stand ready for those negotiations. We have made major efforts, many of which must remain secret. I say tonight: All the offers and approaches made previously remain on the conference table whenever Hanoi is ready to negotiate seriously.
But if the enemy response to our most conciliatory offers for peaceful negotiation continues to be to increase its attacks and humiliate and defeat us, we shall react accordingly.
My fellow Americans, we live in an age of anarchy, both abroad and at home. We see mindless attacks on all the great institutions which have been created by free civilizations in the last 500 years. Even here in the United States, great universities are being systematically destroyed. Small nations all over the world find themselves under attack from within and from without.
If, when the chips are down, the world’s most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.
As TIME reported the following week, polls showed that a majority of Americans opposed committing military effort to Cambodia and, though the White House switchboard reported a favorable reaction to the speech, other lawmakers saw their offices bombarded with messages from constituents who disagreed. The campus activists whom the President had compared to anarchists responded with a new wave of protest.
Then-Senator Bob Dole told TIME that, “If [the attack] works, it’s a stroke of genius. If it doesn’t, he strikes out.” A few months later, the White House claimed the operation — dubbed Operation Total Victory No. 42 and No. 43 — as a major success, though Nixon was still dealing with fallout for not consulting Congress on the move. Meanwhile, in Cambodia, things were far from calm.
Read TIME’s full original coverage of the 1970 speech, here in the TIME Vault: The New Burdens of War
Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll, June 1969
LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969, featuring a portrait of U.S. Army specialist William C. Gearing, Jr., one of 242 American servicemen killed in a single week of fighting during the Vietnam War.LIFE MagazineJoseph L. Rhodes, 22, Marines, L. Cpl., Memphis, Tenn.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMichael C. Volheim, 20, Army, SP4, Hayward, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCraig E. Yates, 18, Army, Pfc., Sparta, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRamon L. Vazquez Nieves, 21, Army, Pfc., Puetro Nuevo, P.R.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert E. Layman, 20, Army, WO1, Poquonock, Conn.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCalvin R. Patrick, 18, Army, Pfc., Houston, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesValentine Dwornik, 20, Army, SP4, Detroit, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesBruce Saunders, 21, Army, 2nd Lt., Queens, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert J. Rosenow, 20, Army, Pfc., La Farge, Wis.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn C. Pape, 25, Army, Capt., Amityville, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam L. Alexander, 19, Army, SP4, Flint, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJose M. Galarza-Quinones, 21, Army, Pfc., Hato Rey, P.R.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRoy E. Clark, Army, Pfc., Culloden, W. Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames P. Hickey, 19, Marines, Pfc., West Quincy, Mass.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn L. Rosemond, 21, Army, Pfc., Dallas, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMario Lamelza, 21, Army, Pfc., Philadelphia, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDavid Tessmer, 20, Army, Pfc., Wausau, Wis.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohnnie L. Brigman, 23, Army, Pvt., North, S.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary A. Wallace, 19, Army, Pfc., Louisville, Ky.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCleveland Browning, 22, Army, Pfc., Miami, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCharles C. Fleek, 21, Army, Sgt., Petersburg, Ky.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames Patrick Francis, 22, Army, S/Sgt., Napa, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJoe E. Bragg, 20, Army, SP4, Versailles, Ky.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam C. Gearing Jr., 20, Army, SP5, Rochester, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary D. Carter, 19, Marines, Cpl., Tyler, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMatthew T. Lozano Jr., 21, Army, Pfc., San Antonio, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWinston O. Smith, 24, Army, Pfc., Madisonville, Tenn.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert B. Read, 24, Army, Pfc., Hamden, Conn.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMark J. Haverland Jr., 21, Army, Sgt., Poca, W. Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRalph J. Mears Jr., 19, Army, SP4, Norfolk, Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesPhilip W. Strout, 21, Army, SP4, So. Portland, MaineLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn A. Gillen, 25, Army, SP4, Broadville, Ill.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesEdward O'Donovan, 19, Marine, Pfc., Chicago, Ill.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMichael D. Melton, 20, Army, SP4, Little Rock, Ark.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMelvin Green Jr., 31, Army, S/Sgt., Manhattan, Kan.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary C. Fassel, 20, Army, Pfc., Buffalo, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn W. Kirchner, 19, Marines, Pfc., La Crosse, Wis.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesKeith B. Janke, 26, Army, Sgt., Poplar, Wis.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam L. Anderson, 18, Army, Sgt., Templeton, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDavid L. Mills, 22, Army, SP4, Decatur, Ill.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCarl R. Martin, 26, Army, SP5, Rapid City, S. Dak.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDaniel L. Pucci, 22, Marines, Cpl., Berea, OhioLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesHowe K. Clark Jr., 22, Army, S/Sgt., Rockdale, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesThomas P. Jackson Jr., 23, Army, Pfc., Westbury, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesClifford Haynes Jr., 19, Marines, Pfc., Carnegie, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesScott E. Saylor, 22, Army, SP4, King of Prussia, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDavid R. Mann, 20, Army, SP4, Earlville, Ill.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesHenry R. Hausman Jr., 19, Army, Pfc., Hilliard, OhioLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert J. Randall, 19, Army, Pfc., Miami, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDavid F. Bukowski, 20, Army, SP4, West Islip, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn M. Vollmerhausen Jr., 18, Army, Pfc., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDavid A. Hargens, 19, Army, Pfc., Nickerson, Neb.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMatthew J. Baurle, 20, Marines, L. Cpl., Gloversville, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRichard F. DuBois, 20, Marines, L. Cpl., New Orleans, La.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDuane C. Bowen, 20, Army, SP4, Ramona, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn N. McCarthy, 20, Army, SP4, Glen Cove, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesAndrew W. Rice Jr., 20, Navy, GMG3, Bedford, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesByrle B. Bailey, 19, Marines, Pfc., Omaha, Neb.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCharles P. Smith Jr., 20, Army, Pfc., Richmond, Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert H. Carter Jr., 35, Army, Lt. Col., Morganton, N.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesStephen L. McCarvel, 19, Army, Sgt., Great Falls, Mont.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJackie D. Bass, 21, Army, Pfc., Cochran, Ga.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam A. Evans, 20, Army, Sgt., Milwaukee, Wis.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRichard L. Patterson, 25, Army, 2nd Lt., Harriman, Tenn.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert W. Getz, 19, Army, Pfc., Decatur, Ill.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames Boston Jr., 20, Army, Pfc., Gainesville, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMichael F. May, 22, Army, SP4, Vassar, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesFreddie Lee Coffman, 20, Army, Pfc., Wardensville, W. Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMilton S. Johnson, 20, Army, Pfc., Savannah, Ga.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesOphrey A. Irvin, 25, Army, SP4, Chillicothe, OhioLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesThomas W. Myers, 26, Army, Pfc., Middlesex, N.J.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary A. Neavor, 25, Army, SP4, Davenport, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesClarance Taylor, 25, Army, Pfc., Greensville, Ala.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesThomas F. Barth, 18, Army, Pfc., Lakewood, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRalph A. Vitch, 20, Army, SP4, Tampa, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesPatrick M. Hagerty, 19, Army, SP4, Youngstown, OhioLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesAlbert J. Cartledge III, 23, Marines, Cpl., Dallas, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames Drew, 20, Army, SP4, Kansas City, Mo.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesPeter S. Borsay, 24, Army, Pfc., Salt Lake City, UtahLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert C. Yates, 18, Army, Pfc., Hondo, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesHenry L. MacArthur, 18, Army, Pfc., Fuquay Varina, N.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRonald E. Morgan, 22, Army, Pfc., San Diego, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRudy A. Carnley, 23, Army, SP4, Lake Wales, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesBarry L. Unfried, 20, Marines, Pfc., Oroville, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary R. Clodfelter, 20, Army, SP4, High Point, N.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesLarry D. Muller, 18, Marines, Pfc., Ojai, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames A. Wright, 21, Army, SP4, Boring, Ore.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam W. Olsen, 22, Army, Sgt., Pocatello, IdahoLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert F. Rose, 19, Army, SP4, Ashland, Ore.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMichael K.L. Dixon, 19, Army, Pfc., Hawthorne, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesEdward T. Kiezkowski, 20, Army, SP4, Butler, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDavid J. Ewing, 20, Army, SP5, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesKenneth D. Pettigrew, 19, Army, Pfc., Redding, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWarren Nix, 26, Army, Pfc., Tuscon, Ariz.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesTerry D. Clark, 18, Army, Pfc., Wallace, N.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJimmy W. Phipps, 18, Marines, Pfc., Culver City, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCurtis Breedlove, 31, Army, 2nd Lt., Bryson City, N.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesForrest L. Smith, 27, Army, S/Sgt., Columbus, Ga.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesIsaac Sapp, 21, Marines, Pfc., Williston, S.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDavid L. Tiffany, 19, Army, SP5, Riverside, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam W. Smith, 21, Army, Pfc., King City, Mo.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCalvin E. Cooper, 20, Marines, Pfc., Kingstree, S.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary R. Guest, 22, Marines, Cpl., Dorchester, Mass.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesThomas R. Bliss, 20, Marines, L. Cpl., York, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesClovis L. May, 24, Army, Sgt., Deming, N. Mex.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDennis L. Babcock, 19, Army, Pfc., Pacific Grove, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDonald J. Deevers, 19, Army, Pfc., Hinton, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDouglas J. Sommer, 18, Army, Pfc., Kearns, UtahLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJoe T. Conkle, 25, Army, 1st Lt., Hampton, Ga.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesElmer E. Fields, 20, Army, Pvt., Fairfax, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJeffrey A. Richardson, 20, Army, Pfc., Red Lion, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRussel Evans, 20, Army, Pfc., Sylvania, Ga.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesEmmett L. Davis, 18, Army, Pfc., Lakeland, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCharles A. Jones, 29, Army, Sfc., Modesto, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn H. Platt, 20, Army, Pfc., Early, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesChris R. Martinez, 21, Army, Cpl., Alameda, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames M. Leonard, 20, Army, Sgt., Edmond, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMichael M. Hatzell, 19, Army, Pfc., San Jose, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesThomas E. Hays, 20, Army, WO, Oklahoma City, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesIran C. Brown, 19, Marines, L. Cpl., Roanoke, Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRalford J. Jackson, 20, Marines, Pfc., Tuba City, Ariz.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesTimothy K.P. Foster, 18, Marines, Pvt., Honolulu, HawaiiLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesVirgil V. Hamilton, 20, Army, SP4, Brooksville, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDonny R. Lawson, 21, Marines, L. Cpl., Grandview, Wash.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesClarence Creaghead, 21, Army, SP4, Detroit, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesKeith A. Kahlstorf, 20, Marines, Pfc., Britt, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMichael A. Powell, 19, Marines, L. Cpt., Atlanta, Ga.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesByron B. Bowden, 21, Army, SP4, Arcata, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesChris M. Pyle, 21, Navy, HM2, Hardesty, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesPatrick M. Dixon, 23, Army, 1st Lt., Dixon, Ill.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJoseph C. Chisholm, 24, Army, SP4, Union Lake, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert A. Pitts, 21, Army, Pfc., Galveston, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesAlbert O. Nelson Jr., 20, Marines, 2nd Lt., Alexandria, Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary McCollough, 20, Army, Pfc., Charlotte, N.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCharles D. Ervin, 18, Marines, Pfc., Lamont, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames Titmas III, 19, Army, Pfc., Glendale, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam J. Thornhill, 20, Army, Pvt., Baltimore, Md.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn M. Randall, 20, Army, SP4, Phoenix, Ariz.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMax Lisenby, 21, Marines, Cpl., Lawton, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGail G. Sanderson, 19, Marines, Pvt., Anthon, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert P. Scibilia, 21, Army, SP4, Nashua, N.H.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam A. Seigle, 20, Army, Pfc., Sapulpa, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGerald W. Posten, 20, Army, Pfc., Placerville, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesHoward S. Hill, 22, Army, Sgt., Irwin, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDavid W. Kinney, 20, Army, Pfc., Charleston, W. Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesErnest C. Munoz, 36, Marines, S/Sgt., San Antonio, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCordell B. Rogers, 30, Army, Capt., Remsen, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesLarry E. Boyer, 22, Marines, Cpl., Williamstown, W. Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRonald A. Brown, 20, Army, Sgt., Huntington Park, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn Winters, 18, Marines, L. Cpl., Clark, N.J.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesFloyd E. Barber, 23, Army, SP4, Franklin, OhioLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMarvin C. Briss, 20, Army, SP4, Binford, N. Dak.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGarey L. Grubbs, 20, Army, Pfc., Denver, Colo.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMerlin J. Laber, 21, Army, SP4, Sykeston, N. Dak.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn M. Hohman, 22, Army, CW2, Leominster, Mass.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGordon D. Perry, 19, Marines, Pfc., Morgantown, W. Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames J. Wise, 20, Army, SP4, Detroit, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert T. Bensberg, 28, Army, Capt., Columbus, Ga.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesKenneth M. Seward, 22, Army, SP5, Greeley, Colo.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesEdward Frowner, 20, Army, Sgt., Manila, Ala.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames S. Colombero, 24, Army, SP5, McCloud, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDonald P. Seburg Jr., 19, Army, Pfc., Jackson, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMilford E. Cobb, 33, Army, S/Sgt., Tempe, Ariz.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRonald A. Yashack, 21, Army, Pfc., Diagonal, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesEdison R. Phillips, 19, Army, Pfc., Plymouth, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary C. Towle, 26, Army, Pfc., Concord, N.H.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDouglas R. Matheson, 20, Army, Sgt., Columbiaville, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesSantiago V. E. Quintana, 20, Army, Pfc., Santa Fe, N. Mex.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCharles A. Hilbert, 20, Army, Pfc., Parksville, Ky.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert L. Anderson, 21, Army, Cpl., Middletown, N.Y.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames Troy Ralph, 21, Army, SP4, Hobart, Ind.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesOrville Hampton, 37, Army, S/Sgt., Lawton, Okla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesCris Holliday, 20, Army, Pfc., Meridian, Miss.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesBilly W. Pettis, 21, Army, Pfc., Castleberry, Ala.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam H. Darden, 20, Army, Pfc., Lanett, Ala.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJan Rauschkolb, 22, Marines, Cpl., Denver, Colo.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesSteven C. Owen, 22, Army, SP4, Long Beach, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJohn W. Abbott, 23, Marines, 1st Lt., South Bend, Ind.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam J. Peterson, 23, Army, 2nd Lt., Ephrata, Wash.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWayne E. Garven, 21, Army, Pfc., Mt. Vernon, OhioLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWilliam H. Beske Jr., 21, Army, Pfc., Lathrup Village, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRalph H. Crowley, 20, Army, Sgt., Remus, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesYvon E. Girouard, 20, Marines, Pfc., Littleton, N.H.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesErrol W. Perreira, 21, Army, Pfc., Hilo, HawaiiLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesHarold James Warmsley, 24, Army, SP4, Mansfield, La.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesAllen M. Graff, 21, Army, Sgt., West Covina, Calif.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert Sigholtz Jr., 23, Army, Capt., Annandale, Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesEdward F. Clennon, 23, Army, Pfc., Joliet, Ill.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesBilly L. Thomas, 19, Army, SP4, Stinnett, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRichard L. Brumfield, 21, Army, Sgt., Denham Springs, La.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesSteven K. Sprinkle, 20, Army, SP4, Winston-Salem, N.C.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesSteven E. Murray, 19, Army, SP4, Indianapolis, Ind.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesEuan J. Parker, 22, Army, Pfc., Brigham City, UtahLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesEmerson Martin, 21, Marines, Pfc., Gallup, N. Mex.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames D. Johnson, 20, Marines, L. Cpl., Bedford, TexasLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesKenneth D. Shoaps, 20, Army, Sgt., Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJoey L. Boles, 21, Army, Pfc., Winchester, Ky.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesBobby G. Newby, 21, Army, Pfc., Winchester, Ky.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesThomas B. Paynter, 21, Army, SP4, Seattle, Wash.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames F. Hilliard, 23, Army, Sgt., Kalamazoo, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesMichael E. Gerber, 20, Army, SP4, Conway Springs, Kan.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDonald W. Ide, 25, Army, 1st Lt., Beirut, LebanonLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary M. Paul, 19, Marines, L. Cpl., Norway, Mich.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesGary W. Leighton, 19, Marines, Pfc., Washington, Pa.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDerrill L. Price Jr., 20, Army, SP4, El Dorado Springs, Mo.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesFarrell J. Vice, 21, Army, SP4, Abbeville, La.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesScott E. Cochran, 18, Army, Pfc., Eugene, Ore.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesPhilip L. Gamble Jr., 26, Army, 2nd Lt., Newport, R.I.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesPhilip L. Gamble Jr., 26, Army, 2nd Lt., Newport, R.I.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesTerry V. Miller, 23, Army, Pfc., Ottumwa, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesHerman L. Judy Jr., 23, Army, Pfc., Alexandria, Va.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJames Herbert III, 20, Marines, Pfc., New Orleans, La.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesWillie L. Kirkland, 20, Army, SP4, Avon Park, Fla.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesThomas A. Nebel, 20, Army, Pfc., Keota, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesJim J. Walters, 20, Marines, Pfc., Sioux City, IowaLIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesDick E. Whitney, 22, Army, SP4, Newberg, Ore.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesRobert L. Boese, 22, Army, Pfc., Marion, Kan.LIFE Magazine—Time & Life PicturesAbove: Twenty-five men, killed in one week in the late spring of 1969, who did not have their pictures in the June 27, 1969, issue of LIFE. Time & Life Pictures"Vietnam: One Week's Dead," LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969.Time & Life Pictures"Vietnam: One Week's Dead," LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969.Time & Life Pictures"Vietnam: One Week's Dead," LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969.Time & Life Pictures"Vietnam: One Week's Dead," LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969.Time & Life Pictures"Vietnam: One Week's Dead," LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969.Time & Life Pictures"Vietnam: One Week's Dead," LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969.Time & Life Pictures"Vietnam: One Week's Dead," LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969.Time & Life Pictures