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Rep. Costa Requests Burial Eligibility For Major General Vang Pao

January 11, 2011

FRESNO – Congressman Jim Costa today requested that Major General Vang Pao be granted eligibility for burial at Arlington National Cemetery. The letter, which was also signed by Congressmen Dennis Cardoza, Madeleine Bordallo and Tim Holden, was sent on behalf of the General's family to both Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki.

Major General Vang Pao of the Royal Lao Army led thousands of Hmong soldiers during the Secret War, fighting with the United States against the People's Army of Vietnam. General Vang Pao passed away last week from complications to pneumonia.