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Nguyễn Ngọc Loan

1930 - 1998

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Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (Vietnamese: [ŋʷǐənˀ ŋâwkp lʷāːn]; 11 December 1930 – 14 July 1998) was a South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police. Loan gained international attention when he summarily executed a handcuffed prisoner of war named Nguyễn Văn Lém on February 1, 1968, in Saigon, Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. Nguyễn Văn Lém was a Viet Cong (VC) member. South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyễn Cao Kỳ stated that Lém was "a very high ranking" political official, but had not been a member of the Viet Cong military. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is the 635th most popular military personnel (up from 978th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 46th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 635 out of 2,058. Before him are Takeichi Nishi, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Johan Banér, Heraclius the Elder, Alexander Haig, and Walter Krüger. After him are Huang Gai, Surena, Thersites, Archelaus, Maurice Sarrail, and Yigael Yadin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 120. Before him are James Irwin, Ruth Rendell, J. G. Ballard, Greg Bell, Dündar Ali Osman, and Robert Atkins. After him are Rahmon Nabiyev, John Frankenheimer, Harvey Milk, Walter Bonatti, Vilma Espín, and Barbara. Among people deceased in 1998, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 68. Before him are Kamala Sohonie, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Nazim al-Qudsi, Adem Jashari, Kurt Franz, and Wolf Vostell. After him are Verner Panton, Efim Geller, James Earl Ray, Anne Desclos, Don Taylor, and Marie-Louise von Franz.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 24 out of 136. Before him are Ngô Đình Thục (1897), Hanoi Hannah (1931), Gia Long (1762), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), Riccardo Cocciante (1946), and Madame Nhu (1924). After him are Tsui Hark (1950), Trần Đức Lương (1936), Trần Hưng Đạo (1228), Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), Ngô Đình Nhu (1910), and Son Sen (1930).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Vietnam

Among military personnels born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 2. Before him are Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911). After him are Lady Triệu (225), and Trần Văn Trà (1919).

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