LCpl Darwin Judge along with Cpl Charles McMahon were two of the last Killed-In-Action servicemen in the Vietnam War.
After 40 years, a small group of Marines will return to Saigon to commemorate their sacrifice.
Cpl McMahon grew up in Woburn, Massachusetts. He completed Marine Corps Boot Camp and Marine Security Guard School before shipping to Saigon, Vietnam as a Marine Security Guard at the American Embassy. He and LCpl Judge were killed together within the first two weeks of joining the detachment. Cpl McMahon and LCpl Judge were killed by a rocket attack from Five NVA Divisions defending the Defense Attaché Building on Tan Son Nhut airbase.
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LCpl Darwin Judge was born and raised in Marshalltown, Iowa. He was an Eagle Scout and a fine young man of the community. He completed Marine Corps Boot Camp and Marine Security Guard School before shipping to Saigon, Vietnam as a Marine Security Guard at the American Embassy. He and Cpl Charles McMahon were killed together within the first two weeks of joining the detachment. LCpl Judge and Cpl McMahon were killed by a rocket attack from Five NVA Divisions defending the Defense Attaché Building on Tan Son Nhut Airbase.
For a better look at the evacuation of Saigon please check out our previous film - The Last to Leave.
Images from Saigon - April 29-30, 1975