Career
He was an elder of the Hmong people in Laos and the Lao-American community in the Twin Cities of the United States. Cherzong worked with students, including many Hmong-American students, in the Saint Paul, Minnesota school system, whose parents came to the United States in the 1970s, 80s and 90s as political refugees fleeing persecution by the Pathet Lao government in Laos. Born on April 13, 1943 in Xiangkhouang Province, Laos, Cherzong Vang was one of the first Hmong educators in Laos, and the United States, and served in the United States. "Secret Army" and Royal Lao Army in the Kingdom of Laos during the Vietnam War.
He eventually received a master"s degree and Doctor of Philosophy in the United States.
Vang spoke Hmong, Lao, and English. Vang served as the Minnesota Chapter President of the Minnesota Lao Veterans of America from 1991 until 2003.
He was a veterans of the Vietnam War in Laos during the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos. Vang died on November 10, 2012 in Saint The legislation granted honorary United States. citizenship to tens of thousands of Laoand Hmong-American veterans of the United States. "Secret Army" in Laos.
He participated in the founding of the Laos Memorial and its dedication at Arlington National Cemetery on May 14–15, 1997, in Washington, District of Columbia, and Arlington, Virginia.
Cherzong Vang"s life was memorialized at a special veterans" memorial ceremony held at Arlington National Cemetery by Laoand Hmong-American veterans, and their American advisors, in May 2013 in Arlington, Virginia.
