Nguyen Van Coc
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- This is a Vietnamese name; the family name is Nguyễn, but is often simplified as Nguyen in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person properly should be referred to by the given name Cốc.
Nguyễn Văn Cốc (born 1943) was a North Vietnamese MiG-21PF fighter ace. Nine kills of United States aircraft have been attributed to him, including two F-4Ds, two F-105Fs, one F-105D one F-4B and one F-102A during the Vietnam War. Out of nine claims, seven of these losses have been acknowledged by the United States Air Force so far.
