Đặng Thùy Trâm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Đặng Thùy Trâm

Vietnamese physician

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1943

Place of Birth: Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Vietnam

Date of Death: 22-Jun-1970

Profession: writer, surgeon, diarist

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ð?ng Thùy Trâm (born November 26, 1942, in Hu?, Vietnam; died on June 22, 1970, in Ð?c Ph?, Qu?ng Ngãi Province, Vietnam) was a Vietnamese doctor.
She worked as a battlefield surgeon for the People's Army of Vietnam and Vietcong during the Vietnam War.
At age 27, she and another colleague were killed by a patrol from the US 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment in a Free-fire zone while traveling on a trail in the Ba To jungle in Qu?ng Ngãi Province.
Her wartime diaries, which chronicle the last two years of her life, attracted international attention following their publication in 2005.