| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:arrested | alleged plot to overthrow the Lao government (2007) 
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                                | gptkbp:awarded | gptkb:Air_Medal gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal
 gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
 gptkb:National_Order_of_Laos
 gptkb:Order_of_the_Million_Elephants_and_the_White_Parasol
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1929-12-08 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Nonghet,_Laos 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPlace | gptkb:Fresno,_California,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:chargesDropped | 2010 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Blia_Vang gptkb:Chia_Chue_Vang
 gptkb:Chia_Kong_Vang
 gptkb:Chia_Neng_Vang
 gptkb:Chia_Pao_Vang
 gptkb:Chia_Toulong_Vang
 gptkb:Chia_Vang
 gptkb:Chia_Xang_Vang
 gptkb:Chia_Yia_Vang
 gptkb:Chia_Youa_Vang
 gptkb:Choua_Vang
 gptkb:Chue_Vang
 gptkb:Kong_Vang
 gptkb:Neng_Vang
 gptkb:Toulong_Vang
 gptkb:Xang_Vang
 gptkb:Yia_Vang
 gptkb:Bee_Vang
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2011-01-06 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Clovis,_California,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:emigratedTo | gptkb:United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicity | Hmong 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | anti-communist activities Hmong-American community leadership
 advocacy for Hmong veterans
 
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                                | gptkbp:languageSpoken | gptkb:French English
 Hmong
 Lao
 
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                                | gptkbp:militaryRank | Major General 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | Laotian 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | collaboration with the CIA during the Secret War leadership of Hmong forces during the Laotian Civil War
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:military_officer 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Christianity Animism
 
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                                | gptkbp:residesIn | gptkb:California,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:servedIn | gptkb:Royal_Lao_Army 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:May_Song_Vang 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Laotian_Army gptkb:Hmong_independence_movement
 gptkb:Secret_War_in_Laos
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Vang Pao 
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