Nguyen Viet Thanh - Definition and Overview

General Nguyen Viet Thanh was born in 1931, Dalat, Vietnam.

General Thanh served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and was assinged as Commander of IV Corps, 7th Division.

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 was released.

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.

Notable ARVN Generals

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

External Link

• Two Fighting Generals Generals Do Cao Tri and Nguyen Viet Thanh (http://www.generalhieu.com/trithanh.htm)
• Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Reunion 2003 (http://community.webshots.com/album/92765972MdbewI)
• Vietnam War Bibliography: The ARVN and the RVN (http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~eemoise/arvn.html)
• History of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/arvn/arvn.html)
• Hue Massacre Tet Offensive Photos (http://ngothelinh.web1000.com/Hue.html)
• Liberation of Giai Phong Dan Toi from Communist Viet Cong by Army of the Republic of Vietnam: Photos (http://ngothelinh.web1000.com/giaiphong/thumbs_d/thumbs_p.html)
• The Battle for Hue, 1968 (http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/Block/chp5_Block%20by%20Block.pdf) by James H. Willbanks