He was born February 22, 1935 in Vietnam and moved to the United States in 1975 to Ohio and eventually to Central Florida in 1990.
Lien is survived by his wife, Anh Mai Nguyen; sons, Vinh, Quang, Phu, Qui, and Hien; daughter, Linh and grandchildren, Laurel Rose, Benjamin, Emily, Jenny, Logan, Cooper, Nikita, Naialya and Dorothy.