Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (c. 1940 – 15 October 1964) was a Việt Minh (National Liberation Front) bomber. He gained notoriety after being captured by the South Vietnamese while trying to assassinate United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and future ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. who were visiting South Vietnam in May 1963.
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1947
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15 October 1964 (aged 17)
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