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Place of Birth: Lianshui County, Jiangsu, China
About Chen Tingru
- Chen Tingru (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Chén TÃngrú) was a Chinese veteran.
- In the 2015 China Victory Day Parade, he was well known for sitting in the first row of the veteran formation as the most senior veteran.Chen was born in Lianshui, Jiangsu.
- He graduated from a normal school and became the principal of a primary school.
- However, his students scattered since the county was captured by the Japanese Army; he had to quit.
- Affected by the local guerrillas, Chen determined to join them in 1939.
- Based in the northern part of Jiangsu province, he began to peddle propaganda against the invaders.
- He joined the Communist Party of China in 1942.Later, Chen was promoted to be a middle-ranking officer who was in charge of administrative and political work.
- He retired in 1981.
- He was invited as the surviving soldier to parade on Victory Day, in 2015. Chen died on April 27, 2017 in Suzhou, Jiangsu.
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