Lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, known for his role in the Vietnam War (1924 – 1972)
"John Vann" redirects here. For the baseball player, see John Vann (baseball).
John Paul Vann (Lieutenant Colonel)
Birth name
John Paul Tripp
Born
(1924-07-02)July 2, 1924 Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Died
June 9, 1972(1972-06-09) (aged 47) Kon Tum, South Vietnam
Buried
Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Army Air Forces (1943–1947) United States Army (1947–1963)
Years of service
1943–1963
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/wars
World War II Korean War Vietnam War
Awards
Army Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Medal (2) Army Commendation Medal (2) Purple Heart
Alma mater
Rutgers University (BS) Syracuse University (MBA)
John Paul Vann (born John Paul Tripp; July 2, 1924 – June 9, 1972) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, later retired, who became well known for his role in the Vietnam War. Although separated from the military before the Vietnam War reached its peak, he returned to service as a civilian under the auspices of the United States Agency for International Development and by the waning days of the war was the first American civilian to command troops in regular combat there. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was the only civilian in Vietnam to receive the Distinguished Service Cross. He died in a helicopter crash in 1972 at 47 years old.
JohnPaulVann (born JohnPaul Tripp; July 2, 1924 – June 9, 1972) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, later retired, who became well known...
Lie: JohnPaulVann and America in Vietnam (1988) is a book by Neil Sheehan, a former New York Times reporter, about U.S. Army lieutenant colonel John Paul...
1988 book A Bright Shining Lie, about the life of Lieutenant Colonel JohnPaulVann and the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Sheehan was born...
finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for History: A Bright Shining Lie: JohnPaulVann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan (1989), Lincoln at Gettysburg:...
strengthen its programs in the countryside.: 144–59 In February 1970, JohnPaulVann, CORDS head in the IV Corps area (the Mekong River delta south of Saigon)...
A Bright Shining Lie – JohnPaulVann and the American War in Vietnam. Vintage. ISBN 978-0-679-72414-8. Live interview by John Bartlow Martin. Was Kennedy...
Lee Van Cleef, actor JohnPaulVann, soldier and state department official Richard Vinroot, Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina John Walsh, US Senator Edward...
Worth, Texas, on May 17, 1955, the son of Mary Lou (née Gray; 1926–2016) and John Lane Paxton (1920–2011). His mother was a Roman Catholic who raised him and...
Lauri Törni, Finnish soldier of three armies Matt Urban, Army, 7 awards JohnPaulVann, Army, State Department official in Vietnam Jay R. Vargas, Marine Corps...
than they. Westmoreland repeatedly rebuffed or suppressed attempts by JohnPaulVann and Lew Walt to shift to a "pacification" strategy. Westmoreland had...
many that the program was failing. American military advisors such as JohnPaulVann criticized the program in their official reports. They also expressed...
named 2023 Pitcher of the Year". MLB.com. writer, LEAH VANN | Staff (June 15, 2023). "LSU pitcher Paul Skenes receives one of highest honors in college baseball"...
always do as Vann wanted, he did so enough times for the more xenophobic members of his staff to mock him as "the slave of JohnPaulVann." It was indicative...
2008). "lindasog.com". ww12.lindasog.com.[permanent dead link] JohnPaulVann. JohnPaulVann: Information from Answers.com. "Vietnamization: 1970 Year in...
command of Colonel Huỳnh Văn Cao. His US adviser was Lieutenant Colonel JohnPaulVann, who directed much of the unit's activity in concert with his planner...
Division in the ensuing battle and escaped into the jungle. Colonel JohnPaulVann, the American adviser attached to the 7th Division summed up the battle...
player Ho Vann, politician elected to the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003 Vann Molyvann (1926-2017), Cambodian architect JohnPaulVann (1924-1972)...
Books. ISBN 0-8129-2633-1. Sheehan, Neil (1988). A Bright Shining Lie: JohnPaulVann and America in Vietnam. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-72414-1....
accomplished only gradually.: 8–9 3 April JohnPaulVann departed Vietnam for an assignment in the United States. Vann met with and briefed many officers at...
3, pp. 5-6. Tradition. Sheehan, N. (1990). A Bright Shining Lie : JohnPaulVann and America in Viet Nam (1st Vintage Books ed.). New York: Vintage Books...
Global Information
United States of America
Lieutenant Colonel