Bookmark this link in your Vietnam research folder. This overview might be helpful in reconstructing when certain events happened during the Vietnam conflict and much  earlier.  The first contact between the US and Vietnam was in 1833.

Use the arrows to flip through the pages and click on dates of interest for more details. This DoD-created timeline should provide a credible history and useful narrative.

There are also many resources and timelines on Asknod under Vietnam War Resources.

Click to go to site.