# Who was the North Vietnamese general that Carlos Hathcock shot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 24, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-north-vietnamese-general-that-carlos-hathcock-shot/713480 "2015-02-24T02:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-north-vietnamese-general-that-carlos-hathcock-shot/713480/21 "2018-08-30T23:04:52Z")
Regardless of the intent, the victim is the one hit. It’s a successful mission when they are both the target and the victim are the same person. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-north-vietnamese-general-that-carlos-hathcock-shot/713480/22 "2018-08-31T01:46:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > **Moderator Note** > We prefer that old threads in GQ not be bumped unless to provide new factual information. Unless you can do a lot better than this, I’m going to close this. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator Since the person who bumped this hasn’t returned to present additional information, and the rest of the posts aren’t actually contributing to answering the OP, I’m closing this. I also note that the person who asked the question, having been deceased for some time, is no longer in need of the information. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-north-vietnamese-general-that-carlos-hathcock-shot/713480.md?page=1)