Stick, Sir!
You wrote (quote):
"JFK had gotten America involved in the fight for democracy in Vietnam"
(End quote).
As far as I know, first US military advisers arrived to RVN while Eisenhower was still President of USA.
Example of informationsource of / for above:
The Virtual Wall website (3 subpages for 3 individual seperate US casualties, pre-dating JFK's presidential period):
1957 (Non Hostile):
http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/CramerHG01a.htm
1959 (Hostile):
http://www.virtualwall.org/db/BuisDR01a.htm
1959 (Hostile):
http://www.virtualwall.org/do/OvnandCM01a.htm
Above 3 examples, also accessable via (for example) US National Archives, by / via:
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/fielded-...28&tf=F&bc=,sl
T G C! ( = Take Good Care! ).
Sincerely
A.B