The Cahuom family of Phum Sath Din, Stung Treng Province:
CHHUON, b. 1923, an agronomist
NEANG THI SOK, b. 1930, Chhuon’s wife
VATHANA, b. 1950, eldest daughter of Chhuon and Sok
Her children are SAMNANG, son b. 1969; SAMOL, daughter b. 1971; and SU LIVANH, daughter b. 1973
SAMAY, b. 1952, eldest son
SAMNANG, b. 1956, second son
MAYANA, b. 1959, daughter
SAKHON, b. 1965, son (nicknamed Peou, which means last child)
SITA, Chhuon’s mother
CHEAM, b. 1919, Chhuon’s older brother MOEUN, b. 1921, Chhuon’s older sister VOEN, b. 1925, Chhuon’s younger sister SAM, b. 1924, Chhuon’s cousin
RY, Sam’s wife
MOEN, Ry’s mother
Other Villagers in Phum Sath Din:
NY NON CHAN, a village elder
NIMOL, Chan’s wife
MAHA NYANANANDA, monk and spiritual leader of village
MAHA VANATANDA, second monk
KPA, a mountaineer boy
HENG and KHIENG, schoolmates of Cahuom Samnang
The Mountaineer village of Plei Srepok:
Y KSAR, b. 1907, elder of the Jaang clan JAANG, wife of Y Ksar
CHUNG, son of Y Ksar and Jaang
DRAAM MUL, wife of Chung
SRAANG, daughter of Chung and Draam Mul Y BHUR, son of Chung and Draam Mul
BOK ROH, NVA/KVM soldier/agent, nicknamed after the Giant of Mountaineer legends
In Stung Treng City and Neak Luong:
PECH LIM SONG, a wealthy merchant SISOWATH THICH SOEN, Song’s wife, a/k/a
Madame Pech, a distant cousin of Sisowath Sirik Matak, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cambodia
PECH CHIEU TECK, son of Song and Madame Pech who marries Vathana, daughter of Chhuon
KIM, LOUIS, SAKUN, THIOUNN, Teck’s friends from the university
SOPHAN, Vathana’s wet nurse/servant SAMBATH, Pech Lim Song’s servant
KEO KOSAL, a poet
SARIN SAM OL, a doctor
Americans:
LT. JOHN L. SULLIVAN, b. 1948, two tours with Special Forces in Viet Nam, assigned to Military Equipment Delivery Team, Cambodia
SGT. RON HUNTLEY, Sullivan’s sidekick
SGT. IAN CONKLIN, team member of
Sullivan and Huntley
RITA DONALDSON, a reporter for The Washington News-Times
Khmer Krahom leaders (The Center)
(All characters are fictional. “Met” = “comrade.”)
MET SAR, a high general, covert chief of the Kampuchean Communist Party
MET PON, Sar’s wife
MET RETH, Sar’s bodyguard
MET NIM, Sar’s aide
MET MEAS, scribe and historian
MET DY, head of School of the Cruel, KK chief of personnel
MET PHAM, tactician and strategic planner MET YON, theoretician and economic planner
MET SEN, security chief
North Viet Namese Army / Khmer Viet Minh agents, leaders, advisors:
HANG TUNG, chief KVM agent in Phum Sath Din
LTC NUI, commander of NVA unit in Ratanakiri Province
CADREMAN TRINH, NVA political officer in Nui’s headquarters
TRINH LE, Cadreman Trinh’s assistant
LTC HANS MITTERSCHMIDT, an East German military and political advisor to Nui South Viet Namese
TRAN VAN LE, an intelligence officer/agent with the ARVN