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Born November 8, 1927 • Vietnam
Died January 11, 2013 (aged 85) • San Jose • California
Role In Vietnam War
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese general
Huynh Tan Phat
Vietnamese leader
Nguyen Van Thieu
president of South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnamese leader
Harold K. Johnson
United States Army officer
William Westmoreland; Lyndon B. Johnson
William Westmoreland
United States general
Tim O'Brien
Tim O’Brien
American author
Abrams, Creighton Williams, Jr.
Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr.
United States general
William Yarborough
United States Army officer
Thanom Kittikachorn
prime minister of Thailand
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietnamese political leader
Nguyen Huu Tho
president of Vietnam
Ton Duc Thang
president of Vietnam
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho
Le Duc Tho
Vietnamese politician
Phạm Tuân
Vietnamese pilot and cosmonaut
Le Duan
Vietnamese politician
Vo Chi Cong
Vietnamese revolutionary
Melvin Laird
American public official
James Stockdale
United States admiral

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