Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Tran wuxuu u haajiray dhul-beereedka Maraykanka ee Guam ka dib
Waxaa dhacday Saigon. Waxaa si ku meel gaar ah loogu wareejiyay Fort Chaffee, Arkansas muddo lix bilood ah waxaana si dhakhso leh u helay kafaalaqaad kaniisad Lutheran ah oo ku taal Degmada Arlington, Virginia. Wuxuu lix bilood ka shaqeyn jiray sida weelka lagu dhaqo ee Dugsiga Sare ee Episcopal (Alexandria). Bishii Luulyo 4, 1976, Tran wuxuu galay guurkiisii labaad oo uu la galay qaxooti kale, Loan Kim Ta. Waxay ku kulmeen xaflad Washington, D.C. loogu talagalay qaxootiga Vietnamese. Ta wuxuu ahaa arday sharciga ka barta Kulliyadda Bulshada ee Bovie iyo Miss Saigon (1972).