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Brigadier General
LE VAN HUNG
(1933-1975)
 Brigadier General, deputy commander of the
IV Corps/Military Region 4 at Can Tho. Hung was born in Gia Dinh
province near Saigon.
In 1954, he was drafted and received training at the Thu Duc Reserve
Officers School, Class 5, commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in January 1955.
In January 1959, 1st Lt. Hung was the S-2 officer of the 32nd Infantry Regiment
when the Viet Cong conducted a surprise attack at the regiment base
camp in Trang Sup, Tay Ninh province, and took away a large number of
weapons. As the duty officer of the regiment headquarters, he bravely
commanded the reconnaissance platoon, the only soldiers present in the
barracks, to resist and to protect the other parts of the headquarters
and other materials and equipment from being destroyed or lost.
In 1961 he was appointed Chief of Police Department of Vinh Binh
province, and later a battalion commander when he was a captain in 1964.
In 1967, he became the commander, 31st Infantry Regiment. Then he was
assigned province chief of Phong Dinh (Can Tho). June 1971, Hung was
given the command of the 5th Infantry Division and promoted brigadier
general in 1 March 1972. He proved to be a talented and brave infantry
commander in the bloody battle of An Loc during the Summer 1972
Campaign. He held firmly the city of An Loc under the enemy fierce
attacks that lasted 2 months.
Until his death, Hung had successively been assistant commander, III
Corps/Military Region 3; commander, 21st Infantry Division; and deputy
commander, IV Corps/Military Region 4. At 8:30 PM, 30 April 1975, his
troops still kept the city of Can Tho under control. A delegation of the
city people came to see him and convinced him - as he was the deputy
commander - that his ARVN forces should not fight to death as they
certainly would, because the people. were sure that the Communists would
spare nobody in Can Tho in order to win. They would not hesitate to
shell Can Tho into rubble. General Le Van Hung and the commander,
General Nguyen Khoa Nam, dropped their intention to fight to the last
bullet. Hung then said farewell to his men, his wife and children before
he killed himself with a .45 pistol. It was 8:45 PM, 30 April 1975
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Brigadier General
LE
NGUYEN VY
(1933-1975)
Gen. Vy was the
commander of 5th Infantry Division at Lai Khe. He was born in Son
Tay province, North Vietnam. He graduated from the officers candidate
course in the Regional Military School, Military Region II at Phu Bai
near Hue, Class 1951. As a deputy Commander of the 5th Infantry, Gen. Vy
fought fiercely during the siege of An Loc and later was promoted to the
CO of the division. After receiving the order to surrender, General Vy
committed suicide at 11:00 AM, 30 April 1975 at the division
headquarters in Lai Khe
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Colonel
HO NGOC CAN
(1940-1975)
 He was one who elected to commit suicide by
fighting to death.
Ho Ngoc Can was admitted in the ARVN Junior Military Academy when he was
14 years old. After graduation, he served 4 years as an instructor
sergeant in the same academy. In 1961, he attended the Officer
Candidates Class at the Dong De Military School and was the distinguished
graduate of the Class of 1962.
After commissioned, Can served the Ranger Corps as a platoon leader. He
was promoted to captain in 1965, to major in 1968, to lieutenant colonel
in 1971, and to full colonel in 1974. He was successfully commanding the
1/33 Battalion (21st Infantry Division), the 15th Regiment (9th Inf.
Div.). In 1974, Can was appointed province chief of Chuong Thien
Province, Vietnam deep south area. On April 30, 1975, he refused to
surrender to the enemy. Along with his troops, Can was fighting with all
his might, holding the provincial headquarters until 11:00 PM on May 1,
when his forces were out of ammunition. In the last minutes, he ordered
the soldiers to leave the headquarters for safety while he and a
faithful Popular Force militiaman covered them with a machine gun. He
fell into the hands of the Communist force after he failed an attempt to
kill himself. He told the enemy that he wouldn't surrender, and asked
them to let him salute the ARVN colors with his uniform on before the
execution. His famous saying before being executed is: "Don't cover
my eyes, since I want to see my people the last time of my life"
Colonel Can was publicly executed by the Communist firing squad after a
quick summary trial at a Communist kangaroo court
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Major
General
NGUYEN KHOA NAM (1927-1975)
 Major general, commander IV Corps and Military
Region 4. General Nam was born in Quang Nam province. He was drafted and
graduated from Thu Duc Reserve Officers School, Class 3 in 1953.
General Nam was highly respected by his subordinates, his equals, even
his superiors, as well as the people in his region ever since he
commanded the 7th Infantry Division. His spirit of discipline made him a
good example to his soldiers.
At 11:30 PM, 30 April 1975, General Nam killed himself after saying
farewell to his staff and talking by telephone with General Le Van Hung,
who had ended his life earlier
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Major
DANG SI VINH
At about 2:00 PM on April 30, 1975, almost two
hours after South Vietnam President Duong Van Minh surrendered to the
Communists, people near by heard several pistol reports from his home.
After hesitating for safety, his neighbors got into his home to find
Major Vinh, his wife and his seven children lying each on a single
mattress, all dead, each by one .45 caliber bullet that gushed pools of
blood from the horrible holes at their temples. On a long dining table,
decent meals had been served and eaten as if in an usual and peaceful
dinner. There were nine small glasses, all had traces of a pink powder
left at their bottoms. Apparently, Maj. Vinh and his relatives had taken
the drug - probably sleeping pills - before Vinh gave each a finishing
stroke with his .45 pistol. In an open small safe he left some hundreds
of thousands South Vietnam piasters, rated about 500 dollars at the
time, an indication of his poor circumstances as an army major. On the
note along with the money, Vinh wrote:
"Dear neighbors,"
"Forgive us. Because our family would not live under the Communist
regime, we have to end our lives this way that might be bothering you.
Please inform my only sibling, a sister named ... at... and use this
money to help her bury us anywhere. "
"Thank you,"
"Dang Si Vinh." |
Brigardier General
TRAN VAN HAI
(1927-1975)
General Hai was born in Phong Dinh province
(Can Tho). He graduated from the Dalat Military Academy, Class 7, 1951.
Hai was well known of being incorruptible, outspoken and brave. In 1968, he
was commanding the VN Rangers, directly supervising the
Ranger's raid to clear the enemy force that infiltrated into the
business quarter of Cho Lon area. He was then assigned National Police
Chief. In 1970 he was commander, 44th Special Tactical Zone before
assumed CO of the 7th Division. He won the adoration of everyone who once
worked with him, as he was renown of being incorruptible.
At midnight,30 April 1975, he committed suicide at the Division
Headquarters, Dong Tam Army Base
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General
PHAM VAN PHU
(1927-1975)
Commander, II Corps/Military
Region 2
 General Phu was born in Ha Dong, North
Vietnam. He graduated the Dalat Military Academy, Class 8. In 1954, Phu
was a company officer in the 5th Parachutist Battalion of the Army of
the State of Vietnam, fighting beside the French in Dien Bien Phu. In
the ARVN, Phu had been Chief of Staff of the Special Forces, the 2nd Infantry
Division, Quang Trung Training Center, before taking the command of the
II Corps/Military Region II in Pleiku. His troops suffered heavy losses
on the way of withdrawal to the coastal areas in April 1975. General Phu
committed suicide on 30 April 1975 in Saigon
GỬI LỜI THƯƠNG TIẾC, NGUYỆN CẦU CHO VONG
LINH
HÀNG TRĂM NGÀN CHIẾN SĨ QLVNCH, CẢNH SÁT,
CÁN BỘ CHÍNH QUYỀN, THƯỜNG DÂN VÔ TỘI CẢ HAI MIỀN ĐÃ BỎ MÌNH TRONG CUỘC CHIẾN VÌ TỰ
DO CHO MIỀN NAM
VÀ ĐỒNG ĐỘI, ĐỒNG BÀO ĐÃ CHẾT TRONG CÁC
TRẠI TÙ KHỔ SAI HAY TRÊN ĐƯỜNG VƯỢT THOÁT TÌM TỰ DO
VÀ CŨNG XIN RỘNG LÒNG
CẦU NGUYỆN CHO HÀNG TRIỆU CÁN BINH MIỀN BẮC, DU KÍCH CỘNG SẢN MIỀN NAM
ĐÃ CHẾT OAN ỨC VÌ BỊ ĐẢNG CS LỪA GẠT CHO MƯU ĐỒ RIÊNG CỦA ĐẢNG.
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