Dang Van Phuoc Dies at 90; Intrepid Photojournalist in Vietnam War
A photographer for The Associated Press, he spent a decade on the front lines of combat in his native Vietnam and lost his right eye in a grenade explosion.
Dang Van Phuoc, a Vietnamese-born photographer for The Associated Press whose dauntless work on the front lines of the Vietnam War powerfully depicted scenes of bravery and terror, and who lost his right eye in a grenade explosion, died on May 23 in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 90, and lived in nearby Irvine.
The A.P. announced his death, in a hospital, which was confirmed by his nephew Van Nguyen.
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