July 5, 2023
John McDonald, a Canadian-born American Vietnam War veteran who wrote a series of popular novels about the war and its aftermath, died June 20 of bone cancer at age 74. After serving for two years…
June 28, 2023
The actor Frederic Forrest, who died on June 23 at 86, had a long career on the stage and screen. Most of the many newspaper and online obituaries highlighted his Oscar-nominated role as the limo…
February 20, 2023
Jesse Trevino, the internationally acclaimed artist who served a combat-heavy tour of duty with the U.S. Army 9th Infantry Division, died February 13 in San Antonio where he grew up. He was 76 years old…
December 9, 2022
John Prados, a historian and scholar who specialized in 20th century American wars and was The VVA Veteran’s Vietnam War history expert who contributed many in-depth feature articles to the magazine for more than two…
December 4, 2022
George C. Herring, Jr., a longtime leading scholar of the Vietnam War, died November 30. He was 86 years old. Dr. Herring received his B.A. in history in 1957 from Roanoke College in Virginia, served…
August 25, 2022
Tim Page, the famed daredevil photographer who made his reputation covering the Vietnam War from 1965-70, died on August 24 at 78 of liver cancer. Page, who was born in Kent, England, left home at…
January 24, 2022
Thich Nhat Hanh, the world-renowned Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, died January 22 at his home in the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue after a long illness at age 95. A scholar, poet, teacher, and political figure,…
July 9, 2021
David Willson, one of the most prolific and accomplished Vietnam War veteran writers, died July 6 at his home in Maple Valley, Washington, at age 79 of multiple myeloma, which was caused by his exposure…
June 24, 2021
John Sacret Young, the writer and TV and movie producer best known for being the co-creator of the pioneering TV show, China Beach, died June 3 at age 75 from brain cancer. Young and William Broyles Jr.--a…
January 9, 2021
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="389"] Neil Sheehan (right), in Vietnam, circa 1963 [/caption] Neil Sheehan, the acclaimed Vietnam War correspondent and author, died on January 7 at his home in Washington, D.C. He…