General Hieu's Military Career

04/10/1975 Posthumous Promotion to Lieutenant General
04/08/1975 Assassinated in his office at III Corps Headquarters
Date Position Immediate Superior
04/03/75 MG Deputy Commander of III Corps General Nguyen Van Toan
04/02/75 MG Commander of Forward HQ III Corps General Nguyen Van Toan
02/05/75 MG Deputy Commander of III Corps General Nguyen Van Toan
10/30/74 MG Deputy Commander of III Corps General Du Quoc Dong
12/03/73 MG Deputy Commander of III Corps General Pham Quoc Thuan
02/01/72 Minister of Anti-Corruption Vice-President Tran Van Huong
06/09/71 MG Deputy Commander of I Corps General Hoang Xuan Lam
02/27/71 MG Commander of 5th Division General Nguyen Van Minh
08/14/69 MG Commander of 5th Division General Do Cao Tri
08/09/69 MG Commander of 22nd Division General Lu Lan
02/25/68 BrG Commander of 22nd Division General Lu Lan
11/01/67 BrG Commander of 22nd Division General Vinh Loc
06/23/66 Colonel Commander of 22nd Division General Vinh Loc
06/20/65 Colonel Chief of Staff of II Corps General Vinh Loc
10/24/64 Colonel Chief of Staff of II Corps General Nguyen Huu Co
09/10/64 Colonel Commander of 22nd Division General Nguyen Huu Co
09/07/64 Colonel Commander of 22nd Division General Do Cao Tri
12/12/63 Colonel Chief of Staff of II Corps General Do Cao Tri
11/11/63 Colonel Chief of Staff of I Corps General Do Cao Tri
11/03/63 Colonel Acting Commander of 1st Division General Do Cao Tri
08/21/63 LTC Acting Commander of 1st Division General Do Cao Tri
08/13/63 Major Chief of Staff of 1st Division General Do Cao Tri
05/10/63 Graduate/Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS
01/05/63 Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS
12/07/62 Major G3/1st Corps General Le Van Nghiem
02/16/58 Major G3/1st Corps General Tran Van Don
10/15/57 Major G3/ARVN Headquarters (Saigon) Colonel Tran Van Don
04/01/55 Captain G3/ARVN Headquarters (Saigon) Colonel Tran Van Don
05/16/54 1st Lieutenant G3/ARVN Headquarters (Saigon) Colonel Tran Van Don
07/01/53 1st Lieutenant G3/3rd Military Regions
09/30/52 2nd Lieutenant G3/3rd Military Regions
07/30/51 2nd Lieutenant General Staff/Defense Ministry
07/30/51 Graduate Class 3 of Dalat Military Academy
09/01/48 First year student at Aurore University, Shanghai
06/30/48 Graduate Collège Français, Shanghai (Baccalauréat 2è Partie-Mathématics)
06/23/29 Born in Tientsin, China


Nguyen Van Tin
03 September 1998
Updated on 10/29/2012

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