Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nguyễn Ngọc Loan

Vietnamese police chief

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1930

Place of Birth: Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Vietnam

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1998

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Major General Nguy?n Ng?c Loan (Vietnamese: [??i?n? ?âwkp l?a?n]; 11 December 1930 – 14 July 1998) was a South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police. Loan gained international attention when he summarily executed handcuffed prisoner Nguy?n Van Lém, on February 1, 1968 in Saigon, Vietnam during the Tet Offensive.
Nguy?n Van Lém was a Vi?t C?ng member.
The event was witnessed and recorded by Võ S?u, a cameraman for NBC, and Eddie Adams, an Associated Press photographer.
The photo and film became two famous images in contemporary American journalism.