Lý Tòng Bá

Lý Tòng Bá (14 November 1931, in Long Xuyên – 22 February 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada) was a brigadier general of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam.[1][2][3]

He led operations including Operation Lam Son II. In the September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt as head of the 7th Division's armored section he supported General Dương Văn Đức's coup attempt. During the Easter Offensive in 1972, he commanded the 23rd Division and successfully defended Kontum against the North Vietnamese attack.[4]

References
  1. Ronald B. Frankum Jr. Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam -- 2011 Page 269 "Ly Tong Ba entered the Vietnamese National Army in the 1950s during the First Indochina War. He was trained in armor and rose in rank, reaching captain by the early 1960 . By 1962, he had earned a reputation as an aggressive and ..."
  2. "Cựu Chuẩn Tướng Lý Tòng Bá qua đời, hưởng thọ 85 tuổi" (in Vietnamese). Nguoi Viet Daily News. 22 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. McKenna (2011). Kontum: The battle to save South Vietnam. p. 243.
  4. McKenna (2011). Kontum: The battle to save South Vietnam.


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