Saigon : Ta Thai Manh , at the age of 15 is the youngest member of Vietnamese Rangers and he smokes a cigarette as he waits for transportation to take him to an aid station after he was wounded in action in the Cholon section of Saigon 6 May 1968 . The youngster has another distinction besides his age : in March he was given a medal for helping capture seven Viet Cong . 7 May 1968