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91-Year-Old Vietnam Hero, Photographer Dies in California

5/27/2026

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Dang Van Phuoc died in Southern California at age 91.
He survived five combat wounds, lost an eye, and earned a Ninth U.S. Army Infantry Division commendation for rescuing a wounded soldier in 1968.
After fleeing Saigon in 1975 and a Guam refugee camp, he settled in California, co-founded The Artistic Photography Association, and was named Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department volunteer of the year in 1994.

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Dang Van Phuoc died in Southern California at age 91.
He survived five combat wounds, lost an eye, and earned a Ninth U.S. Army Infantry Division commendation for rescuing a wounded soldier in 1968.
After fleeing Saigon in 1975 and a Guam refugee camp, he settled in California, co-founded The Artistic Photography Association, and was named Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department volunteer of the year in 1994.