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Lynda Van Devanter

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | November 26, 2002 | Copyright

Lynda Van Devanter, 55 Vietnam War nurse

Tuesday, November 26, 2002

Los Angeles -- Lynda Van Devanter, an Army nurse during the Vietnam War whose autobiography inspired the television series "China Beach," died Nov. 15. She was 55.

The cause of death was systemic collagen vascular disease, which Van Devanter attributed to her exposure to Agent Orange and other chemicals during the war.

Van Devanter highlighted women's struggles with post traumatic stress disorder and chemicals including Agent Orange in her 1983 book "Home Before Morning."

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