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KEITH WARE

aj. Gen. Keith Ware, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, was killed in action on Sept. 13, 1968, during the Battle of Loc Ninh, when elements of The Big Red One engaged a reinforced North Vietnamese Army regiment on Hill 222. According to the citation for his posthumous Distinguished Service Cross, the Army’s second

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