Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Lam

Full Name: Hoang Xuan Lam

Date and Place of Birth: October 10, 1928, Phu Loc, Quang Tri (Central Vietnam)

Family status: Married, six children

Education: Baccalaureate

Present position: Inspector, Civil Self-Defense

Former positions:

- Armored Platoon Leader, 1st Armored Company, 1951

- Commander, 4th Armored Company, 1954

- Commander, Armored Cavalry Training Center, Thu Duc Reserve Officers' School, May 1955

- Concurrently Officer representing Armor in the 1st Military Region, November 1, 1955

- Concurrently, Commander, Armored Cavalry, 1st Military Region, April 1, 1956

- Chief of Armor Branch, Joint General Staff, 1957

- Director of Instruction and Chief of Arms and Services, Command and Staff School, Dalat 1960-63

- Commander, 23rd Infantry Division, 1963;

- Commander, 2nd Infantry Division, 1964

- Commander, I Army Corps and 1st Tactical Zone and Government Delegate to Central Vietnam, Coastal Area, 1966-1972

Decorations, awards:

- Knight of the national Order of Vietnam

- Officer of the National Order of Vietnam

- Commander of the National Order of Vietnam with gallantry cross with palm

Who's Who In Vietnam
Vietnam Press, Saigon 1972

Courtesy of Adam Sadowski

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