Vang Pao Military person

Vang Pao (Hmong: Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a Major General in the Royal Lao Army. He was a leader in the Hmong American community in the United States.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 08, 1929
Birth place
Laos , French Indochina , Xiangkhouang Province
Date of deathJanuary 06, 2011
Place of death
Clovis California

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Military person

allegiance
Kingdom of Laos
United States of America
French Indochina
military operations
Vietnam War
Second Sino-Japanese War
First Indochina War
Laotian Civil War
military branch
Royal Lao Army
military command
Secret Army
GCMA Laos
service start1940
service end1975

Topical connections

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Lee LueMilitary person
Ayaz Latif PalijoPolitician

Vang Pao on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n20_v47/ai_17443642
  2. http://www.centreforpublicpolicyanalysis.org
  3. http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/HL96.cfm
  4. http://www.laoveterans.org
  5. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/magazine/11pao-t.html
  6. http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/10794
  7. http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501030505-447253,00.html
  8. http://www.voanews.com/lao/archive/2004-01/a-2004-01-28-4-1.cfm