Nguyen Ngoc Loan’s Death – Cause and Date

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Born (Birthday) December 11, 1930

Death Date July 14, 1998

Age of Death 67 years

Cause of Death Cancer

Profession War Hero

The war hero Nguyen Ngoc Loan died at the age of 67. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

While serving as South Vietnamese National Police Chief, he oversaw the Tet Offensive-era execution of an alleged Viet Cong member named Nguyen Van Lem. The infamous execution was the subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning image by Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams.

His marriage to Chinh Mai resulted in five children.

Nguyễn Ngọc Loan died of cancer on 14 July 1998, aged 67, in Burke, Virginia.