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Born 1912 • Annam • Vietnam
Died September 8, 2011 (aged 99) • Ho Chi Minh City • Vietnam
Political Affiliation Vietnamese Communist Party
Role In Vietnam War
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese general
Ton Duc Thang
president of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam
Huynh Tan Phat
Vietnamese leader
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho
Le Duc Tho
Vietnamese politician
Le Duan
Vietnamese politician
Nguyen Huu Tho
president of Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietnamese political leader
Truong Chinh
Vietnamese scholar and statesman
Chu Van Tan
Vietnamese military and political leader
Phạm Tuân
Vietnamese pilot and cosmonaut
Do Muoi
Vietnamese political leader
Phan Chau Trinh
Vietnamese leader
Phan Boi Chau
Vietnamese patriot
Huynh Phu So
Vietnamese philosopher
Cuong De
Vietnamese prince
Duy Tan
emperor of Vietnam
De Tham
Vietnamese patriot
Phan Dinh Phung
Vietnamese rebel leader
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk
king of Cambodia

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