Leaders of the Vietnam War

Summary

Anti-communist forces edit

South Vietnam edit

Political edit

Military edit

United States edit

Political edit

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
  • John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
  • Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until he resigned in 1974
  • Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977.
  • Robert McNamara was the 8th Secretary of Defense, serving under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968.
  • Clark Clifford was the 9th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1968 to 1969.
  • Melvin R. Laird was the 10th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.
  • James R. Schlesinger was the 12th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1973 to 1975.
  • Henry Kissinger was the 8th National Security Advisor and the 56th Secretary of State, serving under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1969 to 1977

Military edit

  • Earle Wheeler was a United States Army General who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1964 to 1970.
  • Thomas Hinman Moorer was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974.
  • William Westmoreland was a U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.
  • Creighton Abrams was an U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972.
  • Frederick C. Weyand was a U.S. Army General who was the last commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973.
  • Elmo Zumwalt was a U.S. admiral and commander of American naval forces in Vietnam.
  • William W. Momyer was commander of the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command and the commander of the 7th Air Force.
  • John S. McCain, Jr. was a U.S. admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command.
  • George Stephen Morrison was a U.S. Admiral in command during the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which escalated the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Republic of Korea edit

Australia edit

New Zealand edit

  • Sir Keith Holyoake was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1960 to 1972.
  • Sir Jack Marshall was the Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1972.
  • Norman Kirk was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 to 1974.

Philippines edit

Thailand edit

Khmer Republic edit

  • Lon Nol was the Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1966 to 1967 and then again in 1969 to 1972, after which he was president until 1975.
  • Lon Non was the younger brother of Lon Nol who served in various roles including as Minister of Interior from 1970 to 1973.
  • Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak was deputy prime minister of Cambodia (1969–70) and then the Khmer Republic (1970-1) and then prime minister (1971-2)
  • Long Boret was the last prime minister of the Khmer Republic from December 1973 to April 1975
  • Sosthene Fernandez was the commander-in-chief of the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK).
  • Sak Sutsakhan was the Minister of Defence of Cambodia, a FANK general and the last head of state of the Khmer Republic.

Kingdom of Laos edit

  • Souvanna Phouma was the prince of Laos and a political figure.
  • Vang Pao was a major general in the Royal Lao Army and commander of the Hmong guerrilla forces that had a large impact on the war.

Communist forces edit

North Vietnam edit

Political edit

Military edit

Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) edit

  • Nguyễn Hữu Thọ was the chairman of the Viet Cong
  • Nguyễn Chí Thanh was a PAVN general and served as commander of the Central Office for South Vietnam from 1965 until his death in July 1967.
  • Trần Văn Trà was one of the leading commanders of the Viet Cong and a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party.
  • Tran Do was the deputy commander of the Viet Cong.
  • Nguyễn Văn Linh was a political leader of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War who served as party secretary of South Vietnam for Communist Party of Vietnam.
  • Võ Chí Công was a Vietnamese Communist political figure who was one of the founding members of the Viet Cong.
  • Huỳnh Tấn Phát was chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam from 1969 to 1976.

Khmer Rouge edit

Pathet Lao edit

Albania edit

Political

Military

  • Colonel Novruz Zejnati was a senior Albanian Colonel who took part in the Vietnam War with other Albanian soldiers that fought against American soldiers.

People's Republic of China edit

Soviet Union edit

North Korea edit

References edit

  1. ^ The First Year of the PHILCAG in Viet Nam