General Nguyen Viet Thanh

General Nguyen Viet Thanh was born in 1931, Dalat, Vietnam. Fair Use confimed Vietnamese Generals http://www. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Dalat (pop. ...

General Thanh served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and was assigned as Commander of IV Corps, 7th Division. The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam). ... The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam). ... List of military corps — List of military corps by number A number of countries have Fourth, or IV, Corps: Soviet 4th Mechanized Corps This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

During the Tet Offensive, Vietcong troops took General Thanh and his family prisoner in a attempt to pressure his unit the 7th Division to lay down their weapons, but their plan failed and he and his family were released. The Tet Offensive (January 30, 1968–1969) was a series of operational offensives during the Vietnam War, coordinated between battalion strength elements of the National Liberation Fronts Peoples Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF) or Viet Cong and divisional strength elements of the North Vietnams Peoples Army of... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ...

In May 1970, General Thanh was tasked to lead unit IV Corp into Cambodia to support General Do Cao Tri, but his plane collided with a U.S. Cobra in the interior of Cambodia and he was killed. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Notable ARVN Generals

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• Tran Van Minh
• Nguyen Khanh
• Nguyen Van Thieu
• Ngo Quang Truong
• Nguyen Van Hieu
• Nguyen Ngoc Loan
• Tran Van Huong
• Nguyen Khoa Nam

Nguyen Cao Ky (Vietnamese: Nguyá»…n Cao Kỳ, Chinese: 阮高祺/阮高其) (born 1930) is a Vietnamese politician, who served as Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967, and then Vice President until his retirement from politics in 1971. ... DÆ°Æ¡ng Văn Minh (February 16, 1916 – August 5, 2001), known popularly as Big Minh, led the South Vietnamese army under Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm. ... General Tran Van Minh (Trần Văn Minh) was born on August 19, 1923 in Saigon, Vietnam. ... Nguyá»…n Khánh General Nguyá»…n Khánh (Chu Nom: 阮慶) was born November 8, 1927, at Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam. ... President Nguyen Van Thieu Nguyen Van Thieu (Nguyễn Văn Thiệu,Chu Nom: 阮文紹), (April 5, 1923 – September 29, 2001) was a former General and President of South Vietnam. ... General Ngô Quang Trưởng General Ngô Quang Trưởng was born in 1933, Vietnam. ... General Nguyá»…n Văn Hiếu (阮文&#23389) was born in Tientsin, China. ... General Nguyen Ngoc Loan General Nguyen Ngoc Loan (Nguyá»…n Ngọc Loan/阮玉湾) (1931 – July 14, 1998) was the Republic of Vietnams Chief of Police. ... President Trần Văn Hương Tran Van Huong (Chữ Nôm:陈文香) was born in 1902-(d. ... General Nguyen Khoa Nam (1927-09-23–1975-04-30), was a Vietnamese soldier, born in Da Nang. ...

External links

• Two Fighting Generals Generals Do Cao Tri and Nguyen Viet Thanh
• Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Reunion 2003
• Vietnam War Bibliography: The ARVN and the RVN
• History of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• Hue Massacre Tet Offensive Photos
• Liberation of Giai Phong Dan Toi from Communist Viet Cong by Army of the Republic of Vietnam: Photos
• The Battle for Hue, 1968 by James H. Willbanks