Lieutenant General Thái Quang Hoàng (c.1920 – February 22, 1993) was an officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was born in Vinh.
He served as the commander of III Corps, which oversaw the region of the country surrounding the capital Saigon, from 1 March 1959 until 11 October of the same year, when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc Le. He was the first commander of III Corps.[1][2]
In 1975, he emigrated to Arlington in the United States. As a self-taught goldsmith, he worked in the family jewellery business. He died of cancer in 1993, aged 73.[3]
Notes edit
- ^ Tucker, pp. 526–533.
- ^ Mai Việt Hà Steel and Blood: South Vietnamese Armor 2008, p.200 "When Colonel Luat's group reached the coffee plantation owned by Lieutenant General Thai Quang Hoang, it was detected and pursued by a column of North Vietnamese tanks."
- ^ "GEN. THAI QUANG HOANG DIES". Washington Post. 1 March 1993. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
References edit
- Tucker, Spencer C. (2000). Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-57607-040-9.