Mr. Speaker. I rise in tribute to Reverend Tongber S. Vang who passed away on February 21. 2016 at the age of 51. Tongber S. Vang was born in Sanau. Laos and was the eldest of 7 children. Tongber Vang immigrated to the United States at the age of 12. after living in refugee camps of Thailand with his family for a number of years. He lived first in Little Rock. Arkansas and eventually moved to Milwaukee and lived with his grandmother. Mao Xiong. He graduated from Milwaukees West Division High School and attended Milwaukee Area Technical College with the intention of following a career in dentistry.
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