Nguyễn Văn Hinh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Vietnamese National Army Chief of Staff
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Place of Birth: Mỹ Tho, Tiền Giang, Vietnam
About Nguyễn Văn Hinh
- Nguy?n Van Hinh (20 September 1915 – 26 June 2004) was the chief of staff of the Vietnamese National Army and the first Vietnamese officer in the French Armed Forces to be promoted to the rank of general.
- Educated in the French style, he served in the Armée de l'air and Troupes coloniales before accepting a role in the army of the new State of Vietnam within the French Union.
- Hinh is somewhat of an oddity in the 20th century military history of Vietnam as he attained the rank of lieutenant general in two separate countries, not unlike his North Vietnamese counterpart Nguy?n Son who served as a major general in both the People's Army of Vietnam and the People's Liberation Army of China.
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