Last American Casualties

April 29, 1975

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A South Vietnamese C-130 burns on the runway after being hit by a North Vietnamese rocket during the evacuation of Saigon, April 29, 1975. (U.S. Marine Corps History Division)

In the final stage of the offensive against Saigon, a North Vietnamese rocket attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base results in the death of two U.S. Marines. They are the last American troops to die on the ground in South Vietnam.1