July 28, 1964 - The Viet Cong killed four American servicemen in two incidents today.
Two U.S. Army captains and an airman were blasted to death by an electric mine detonated under their jeep as they drove in a convoy of five vehicles 21 miles south of Saigon.
Ten miles northwest of the capital, 20 black-uniformed Viet Cong riflemen halted and shot a United States Army major. The killing occurred between a South Vietnamese military post and the village assembly hall in Tan Phu Trung.
The Defense Department identified two of the men who were killed. They were Captain James H. McClain (pictured) of Lansing, Mich., and Captain Leo B. Abramowski of Monroe, Mich.
In related news, North Vietnam has lodged a protest with the International Control Commission accusing United States and South Vietnamese warships of “intrusion into its territorial waters,” Peking radio said today. The commission is supposed to supervise the Indochina accords of 1954.
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