Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi

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Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi
Born(1932-10-01)October 1, 1932
Gia Định, French Indochina
Allegiance
Service/branch
Years of service1951 – 25 October 1955 (Vietnamese National Army)
26 October 1955 – 30 April 1975 (Army of the Republic of Vietnam)
RankLieutenant general
Commands held21st Division
IV Corps

Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi was a Lieutenant general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

Early life and family

He was born in October 1932, in

Saigon
). He graduated from a French program high school. His wife is Kim Tuyet (daughter of Ms To thi Than, former Chairman of the National Vietnamese Women Association and former Chairman cum Editor of the daily newspaper ‘Saigon Moi’).

Military career

He attended the Dalat Military Academy, class of 5 (Hoang Dieu, 1/07/1951- 24/04/1952) and graduated in 1952 with the rank of First Lieutenant.[1]: 50  His teacher and friend was Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Thiệu who became President of South Vietnam in 1965-1975.

1953: He was promoted to Second Lieutenant.

1954: He was promoted to a rank of captain and was appointed to the position of deputy battalion commander of the Vietnamese Republican Army.

1955: He was promoted to Major as Chief of the newly formed 31st Infantry Division. In early June, he was appointed Chief of Staff of this division.

1960: He was nominated as deputy commander of the National Military School of Dalat. Then he was sent to attend the US Army Command & General Staff at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.

1963: He was promoted to Lieutenant colonel, after the

November coup
.

1966: in February, he was promoted to Colonel.

In June 1968 he was promoted to Brigadier general and appointed as commander of the

Nguyen Van Minh. This promotion was "despite long-standing and justified accusations of corruption" and under his command the division's "combat effectiveness slowly sank."[1]
: 50 

1970: in June, he was promoted to Major general.

On 4 May 1972 he was appointed as commander of IV Corps, replacing General Ngô Quang Trưởng.[2]

In March 1974 he was promoted to Lieutenant general. On 30 October 1974, he was replaced as IV Corps commander by Major general Nguyễn Khoa Nam due to his corruption.[3] [4][1]: 390  He then replaced Lieutenant general Nguyen Van Minh as Commander of the Thủ Đức Military Academy.

On 4 April 1975 following the

James Lewis became separated and at 02:00 were captured by the PAVN.[1]
: 423–5 

He was sent to a detention camp in Suoi Dau,

Danang. Finally, he was sent to a reeducation camp in Sơn Tây
, North Vietnam.

Later life

He was released in 1988 and emigrated to the United States in 1992.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9781594035722
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  2. ISBN 978-1518612619.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
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  3. ISBN 1-57607-040-9
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  4. ^ Nguyễn Công Luận Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars, 2012 "After the conference, General Huỳnh Văn Cao, commanding officer of the Polwar (General Political Warfare Department), and his chief of staff, Colonel Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi, approved my transfer to their GPWD."
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