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Also Known As Robert Strange McNamara
Born June 9, 1916 • San Francisco • California
Died July 6, 2009 (aged 93) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Role In Gulf of Tonkin incident • Vietnam War

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(From left to right) Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Robert S. McNamara, Cyrus Vance, and Lt. Gen. David A. Burchinal at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., 1964.
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