George C. Duggins
Age: 61
Summary: the first
black president of the Vietnam Veterans of America from 1997 to 2001
who appeared before Congress to seek improved health care for veterans
and opposed spending cuts for smoking-related illnesses, who worked to
alleviate homelessness among veterans and to recruit more blacks into
the organiazation's predominantly white membership, and who served in a
delegation appointed by President Bill Clinton to go to Vietnam and
investigate the PoW/MiA issue.
Cause of Death: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Born: October 1, 1943
Died: August 1, 2005
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
