At the age of 102, General Giap outlived just about all the soldiers served in his army. Millions of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers did not have a fortune to live this long. Their lives were brutally cut short most before their 20th birthdays:
- Remember a NVA officer whose body was blown into pieces by carpet- bombing from B52 flying fortress in Khe Sand in late 1967.
- Remember a young NVA private killed inside Hue Citadel during the 1968 Tet offense with his leg chained to his machine gun.
- Remember the young tank crew of 203rd Tank Regiment whose bodies were burned to ashes in their T72 on the street of An Loc during 1972 Eastern offense.
