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Leaders of the Vietnam War

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Anti-communist forces

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South Vietnam

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Political

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Military

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United States

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Political

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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
  • John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
  • Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until he resigned in 1974
  • Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977.
  • Robert McNamara was the 8th Secretary of Defense, serving under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968.
  • Clark Clifford was the 9th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1968 to 1969.
  • Melvin R. Laird was the 10th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.
  • James R. Schlesinger was the 12th Secretary of Defense, serving under President Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1973 to 1975.
  • Henry Kissinger was the 8th National Security Advisor and the 56th Secretary of State, serving under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1969 to 1977

Military

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  • Earle Wheeler was a United States Army General who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1964 to 1970.
  • Thomas Hinman Moorer was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974.
  • William Westmoreland was a U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.
  • Creighton Abrams was an U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972.
  • Frederick C. Weyand was a U.S. Army General who was the last commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973.
  • Elmo Zumwalt was a U.S. admiral and commander of American naval forces in Vietnam.
  • William W. Momyer was commander of the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command and the commander of the 7th Air Force.
  • John S. McCain, Jr. was a U.S. admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command.
  • George Stephen Morrison was a U.S. Admiral in command during the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which escalated the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Republic of Korea

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Australia

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Political
Military

New Zealand

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  • Sir Keith Holyoake was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1960 to 1972.
  • Sir Jack Marshall was the Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1972.
  • Norman Kirk was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 to 1974.

Philippines

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Thailand

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Cambodia / Khmer Republic

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Kingdom of Laos

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  • Souvanna Phouma was the prince of Laos and a political figure.
  • Vang Pao was a major general in the Royal Lao Army and commander of the Hmong guerrilla forces that had a large impact on the war.

Communist forces

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North Vietnam

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Political

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Military

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Viet Cong (National Liberation Front)

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Khmer Rouge

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Pathet Lao

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People's Republic of China

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Soviet Union

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North Korea

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References

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