Talk:List of Vietnamese Americans

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[edit] Proposal for list inclusion

I have made the following proposal regarding the criteria for inclusion for these lists. If this is something that you have comments or ideas about, please provide feedback. Thanks. Wikibofh 9 July 2005 19:16 (UTC)

There are no sources on this page, therefore everyone should be removed from the list and not put back on until a source is provided. 75.3.4.54 20:43, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ethnicity lists discussion

Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) for current discussion of a potential policy to apply to all ethnicity lists on Wikipedia, including this one. JackO'Lantern 20:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

I have sourced the list in accordance with Wikipedia's Original Research and Verifiability policies. Basically, anyone described by a reliable source as "Vietnamese" or "Vietnamese American" is on the list. Here are the few people I couldn't find anything for. If you have a source that fits that please restore the names:

Mad Jack O'Lantern 04:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] names with red links

i removed some names with red links. don't think the people are really noteworthy if nobody has bothered to make an article about them Tridungvo 06:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Vietnamese-Americans in the Military

Need help in updating and expanding this criteria.Bnguyen (talk) 04:18, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Lt. Col. Che "Urchin" Russell, USAF Joint Staff, J2E-1 Division Chief, USAF

N/Lt Col Che V. Russell is currently assigned to Joint Staff/J2E-1. He was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, on 14 February 1965. He attended Bellevue East High School, Bellevue, Nebraska. After graduating from high school in 1984, Lt Col Russell earned his Bachelors of Science in International Affairs from the United States Air Force Academy. He was commissioned on 1 Jun 1988. Lt Col Russell began technical training as an Operations Manager, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, where he was a distinguished graduate. His follow-on assignments included Laughlin AFB, Texas (executive officer and adjutant) and Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan (command post and wing flight scheduler). Lt Col Russell cross-trained into the Intelligence career field and graduated from Goodfellow AFB, Texas in 1995. He returned to Kadena, providing tactical intelligence support to F-15C, E-3, HH-60, and KC-135 aircrew. Following his Okinawa assignment, Lt Col Russell became the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii North/South Korean Integrated Air Defense Systems and Weapons of Mass Destruction analyst. Afterwards, he spent one year at JMIC completing his Masters degree. Following JMIC graduation, he was assigned as the 552nd Air Control Wing Senior Intelligence Officer and 552nd Operations Support Squadron Intelligence Flight Commander, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. Lt Col Russell returned to the Joint Military Intelligence College (JMIC) as Executive Officer and on Faculty. On Joint Staff/J2P-4, he was the J2’s AO for QDR 2006 and worked PPBE issues. Lt Col Russell has two Masters degrees: Educational Leadership from Troy State University 1994 and Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College 2001.

Residing in Alexandria, Virginia, Lt Col Russell is married to the former Atsuko Taira of Okinawa, Japan, since 16 July 1988. They have two sons, Jonathan, who is 15 years old and Justin, who is 12 years old.

He was the winner of the 11th Wing/MAJCOM DRU Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award for 1999. Also, he was the USAF winner of the Federal Asian Pacific American Council Award for 2003. He was selected for an Honorary Diversity Award by the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency in 2004. He is the recipient of the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, and has received many awards and recognition for his civic involvement.

ASSIGNMENTS: 2006-present Joint Staff/J2E-1, Division Chief 2005-2006 Joint Staff/J2P-4, Joint Operations Officer 2003-2005 Joint Military Intelligence College, Executive Officer & Faculty 2001-2003 552nd Operations Support Sq, Commander, Intel Flt (E-3 AWACS) 2000-2001 JMIC, Masters of Science in Strategic Intelligence 1998-2000 Joint Intel Ctr Pacific, Chief of Korea IADS and WMD (ie TBM/NBC) 1996-1997 18th Operations Support Sq, Chief of Intel Plans (home and deployment base plans) 1995-1996 44th Fighter Squadron, Chief of Intelligence (F-15C) 1993-1994 18th Wing Scheduler (6 squadrons, 4 airframes, flying hours and budget, and airspace) 1991-1993 18th Wing Command Post Emergency Actions Officer (Pacific Command Post of the Year 1991) 1989-1991 47th Student Squadron and 84th Flying Training Squadron, Adjutant/Section Commander

EDUCATION: Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Professional Military Education II, Norfolk, VA, 2006 Air War College by correspondence, 2006 MS, Strategic Intelligence, Joint Military Intelligence College, DC, 2001 Air Command and Staff College in seminar, 2000 PACACES, Eielsen Air Force Base, Alaska, 1996 Intelligence Training Course, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, 1995 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1994 (Selected Outstanding Briefer) MS, Educational Leadership, Troy State University, Alabama, 1994 Operations Management Course, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 1989 (Distinguished Grad) BS, Political Science (International Affairs), United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, 1988

RECOGNITION: 11th Wing Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award 1999 USAF Federal Asian Pacific American Council Award 2003 Recipient Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Honorary Diversity Award 2004 Defense Meritorious Service Medal (1) Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (1) Air Force Commendation Medals (3) Joint Service Achievement Medal (2) Air Force Achievement Medals (2) Bnguyen (talk) 04:18, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

How are these people notable? DHN (talk) 04:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

--Each person listed, below I have provided news links which is the reason they are notable.Bnguyen (talk) 04:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Tran Quoc Binh - the first U.S. Army Vietnamese-American killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Baghdad, Iraq[1]
  • Lt. Col. (Dr.) Paul Doan - chief of aerospace medicine for the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group in Southwest Asia. [1][2]
  • Captain John “Viet” Dinh - Fighter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps.[3]
  • Quang X. Pham - He was the first Vietnamese American to earn naval aviator's wings in the U.S. Marine Corps.
  • Jean Nguyen and Hung Vu, in 1985, became the first Vietnamese immigrants to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Both had arrived in the United States just ten years earlier, unable to speak English.[4]
  • Navy Lt Col Che V. Russell - He was the winner of the 11th Wing/MAJCOM DRU Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award for 1999. Also, he was the USAF winner of the Federal Asian Pacific American Council Award for 2003. He was selected for an Honorary Diversity Award by the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency in 2004.[5][6]
I still don't see what's notable about them. Take away the "Vietnamese" and what do you have? Or are you going to list "first Vietnamese American cell phone user", "first Vietnamese person born in the US", "first Vietnamese American teacher", "first Vietnamese American lawyer", "first Vietnamese American computer user", etc. DHN (talk) 05:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

--Each person I have searched their names on google.com and found various articles about their contributions. I have posted their names in the proper format under Vietnamese because that is their ethncity and they are listed in the Military. Another notable Vietnamese-American in the US Military.

[9]Bnguyen (talk) 05:23, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Van K. Tran (Cherry Point, NC) - Lieutenant Colonel Tran is the most senior ranking Vietnamese American on active duty with the United States Marine Corps (CH-53E, Helicopter Pilot, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Albania Rescue, etc.)
  • Khanh Tuan Pham (Savannah,GA)- Major Pham, an active duty soldier in the US Army, proudly serving America in Iraq for the second time. He was a 1st Lieutenant during the Persian Gulf War, and he is there now serving as the S2/3(Security and Operation) for the 429th Medical Evacuation Battalion of Savannah Georgia in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  • LTC Mylene Tran Huynh fled from Vietnam in 1976 when she was nine years old with her family in a crowded, open boat that brought them, exhausted, to the Philippines. [10]
  • Dai Vo, Lieutenant Colonel, US Arm Forces (retired)
  • 1987 Hoang Nhu Tran, a former boat person, valedictorian of U.S. Air Force Academy in class of 960 students. He was also a Rhodes Scholar and Time magazine's recipient of the 1986 College Achievement Award. [11]
  • LTC Diep A. Duong "A Descriptive Study of Hypertension in Vietnamese Americans"[12]Bnguyen (talk) 20:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)