List of United States Ambassadors in South Vietnam

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The List of United States Ambassadors to South Vietnam provides an overview of the heads of the US diplomatic mission in South Vietnam from the establishment of diplomatic relations until the reunification with North Vietnam .

ambassador

Term of office Surname annotation
1950-1954 Donald R. Heath first commissioner, from 1952 ambassador
1955-1957 G. Frederick Reinhardt
1957-1961 Elbridge Durbrow
1961-1963 Frederick Nolting
1963-1964 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
1964-1965 Maxwell D. Taylor
1965-1967 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
1967-1973 Ellsworth Bunker
1973-1975 Graham Martin

Deputy Ambassador

Term of office Surname annotation
1964-1965 U. Alexis Johnson
1965-1967 William J. Porter
1967-1968 Eugene M. Locke
1968-1972 Samuel D. Berger
1972-1973 Charles S. Whitehouse