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Nguyễn Văn Trỗi
Vietnamese revolutionary (1940–1964)
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn.
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In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Trỗi.
Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1 February 1940[1] – 15 October 1964) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and member of the NLF (National Liberation Front).
He gained notoriety after being captured by ARVN forces while trying to assassinate United States Secretary of DefenseRobert McNamara and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. who were visiting South Vietnam in May 1964.[2]
Sentence and execution
In May 1964, the NLF forces planned to assassinate McNamara and Lodge by blowing up the Công Lý Bridge (10°47′28″N106°40′55″E / 10.791°N 106.682°E / 10.791; 106.682) as their motorcade passed over the bridge.
Trỗi was captured by South Vietnamese forces.[3]: 365
Sentenced to death, Trỗi got a brief reprieve after the FALN, a Ven