Vang Pao (RPA: Vaj Pov [vâ pɔ̌], Lao: ວ່າງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army and later a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. == Early life == Vang, an ethnic Hmong, was born on 8 December 1929, in the Hmong village Nonghet, located in Central Xiangkhuang Province, in the northeastern region of Laos, where his father, Neng Chu Vang, was a county leader.
Vang Pao (RPA: Vaj Pov [vâ pɔ̌], Lao: ວ່າງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army and later a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. == Early life == Vang, an ethnic Hmong, was born on 8 December 1929, in the Hmong village Nonghet, located in Central Xiangkhuang Province, in the northeastern region of Laos, where his father, Neng Chu Vang, was a county leader.
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