Not to pick nits, but there’s nothing in the article that identifies the state. It is customary for a poster to place the state name in the keywords section. And since the entire article text was posted and not excerpted, there’s no need to click a link.
S’ok.... you can pick my nits any ‘ol time. I was just tryin’ to be helpful. As for the ‘Nam vet thing, at 58 he was born around ‘55 or so. So he might have been in country before the pull out, or perhaps was a Marine stationed at the Embassy. It’s possible.