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Lynda Van Devanter
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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."
A spokesman for the ...
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