Lieutenant Colonel Vương Văn Đông (March 5, 1930 – April 21, 2018) was an officer of the
Army of the Republic of Vietnam who led the failed
coup attempt of 1960 against President
Ngô Đình Diệm. After the failed coup, he fled to
Cambodia
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with the other coup leaders aboard a commandeered air force
C-47. Đông was allowed to quietly settle in France.
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2018 deaths
Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
South Vietnamese military personnel
1930 births
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