Military commanders

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10 minutes ago, arghton said:

Chinese full General (promoted 1994), WWII veteran and Commander of the Beijing Military Region 1993-1997 Li Laizhu dead at 90.

 

As far as I know there are a few older Generals living, by far the oldest being Wan Haifeng who fought in the Long March.

His predecessor Wang Chengbin (wiki) is still alive at 95.

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Major-General Sir Sebastian Roberts, senior British Army officer who latterly served as the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies has died aged 69. Telegraph

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On 20/10/2021 at 11:38, arghton said:

Five-star Generals born before 1940

 

FIVE

Vladimir Chernavin (1928) Soviet Fleet Admiral.

David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley  (1929) Former Chief of Staff, Marshal of the Royal Air Force.

Anton Tus  (1931) Chief of Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces from 1991 to 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence

Queen Sirikit (1932) Queen Mother of Thailand, field marshal, admiral of the fleet and marshal of the royal air force.

Than Shwe  (1933/1935) Myanmar, Head of State 1993-2011

Heng Samrin (1934) Cambodia, Head of State 1979-1992

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent  (1935) UK, Royal, Field Marshal

Sir Benjamin Bathurst  (1936) UK, First Sea Lord 1993-1995, Admiral of the Fleet

Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank  (1938) UK, Former Chief of Staff, Field Marshal

Vladimir Chernavin has died aged 94. Obit (In Russian). 

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Finnish military intelligence colonel, professor and Russia-Ukraine war expert Martti J. Kari hospitalised after suffering a stroke or a heart attack. Other ailments include...terminal cancer for five years with atleast four "incurable tumors" and last year he said that statistically he should be dead. 

(Video from 2018)

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9 minutes ago, arghton said:

Finnish military intelligence colonel, professor and Russia-Ukraine war expert Martti J. Kari hospitalised after suffering a stroke or a heart attack. Other ailments include...terminal cancer for five years with atleast four "incurable tumors" and last year he said that statistically he should be dead. 

 

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On 10/09/2022 at 21:34, arghton said:

Baike isn't easy to search but I could find one more ancient General:

 

Xiong Yukun 熊玉坤 (8 Nov 1919-) General, unknown rank, wounded seriously three times during the Long March, including a shrapnel injury on his head and a bullet that pierced through his stomach and intestines. Not in great health.

Xiong Yukun dead at 103.

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On 31/12/2022 at 13:07, drol said:

Li Jing, former commander of Chinese Naval Air Force, dead at 92. He was being treated at 301 military hospital in Bejing, likely being the "high profile" figure rumoured to be admitted there in the past few days.

Wang Xugong, who succeeded Li Jing as commander of Chinese Naval Air Force, dead at 89.

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17 minutes ago, drol said:

Wang Xugong, who succeeded Li Jing as commander of Chinese Naval Air Force, dead at 89.

None of which will get a DL Cup obit, as we have learned.

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Updated the Long March list. I'd say there are around 12-15 left who will definitely get a death mention, multiple who could/likely will get one and the yellow names who very likely won't get any kind of mention except maybe a short "they're dead" mention in those yearly or bi-yearly lists in Chinese media, currently I'm waiting for them to release a new list. Zhang Lixiong, Wang Fuzhi, Wang Jingqun and Fan Xixian, maybe Suo Xinzhong are the most notable ones left I doubt any of them will get an English obituary as not even Wan Haifeng got one.

 

On 22/01/2023 at 02:32, arghton said:

Some 20/20 possibilities

 

Solihin G. P. - Indonesian politician and Lt. Gen who was the Governor of West Java 1970-1975. He's been in and out of hospital since suffering a stroke in 2017 and was rumored dead in 2021 when he was ill with covid. 97 this year.

Solihin GP last month with another low requirement pool possibility, Major General Eddie Marzuki Nalapraya who was the Vice Governor of Jakarta in the 1980s and is now 91:

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On 12/09/2022 at 21:17, arghton said:

 

Over half have died since it was posted, but it's interesting that there are still quite many veterans living of a military operation that happened before the Spanish Civil War. (Well, there's a still a few Chaco War veterans alive, but as far as I know, only around ten or less of those out there)

 

10. Zhang Jihui 张积慧 (1927-) Commander and Korean War hero who allegedly shot down George Andrew Davis Jr.

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Zhang Jihui dead at 96 .

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South Vietnamese general Trần Quang Khôi died last month at 93.

 

@arghton, last high ranking official from South Vietnam? I didn't find any other alive at a quick glance.

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On 06/05/2023 at 20:15, drol said:

South Vietnamese general Trần Quang Khôi died last month at 93.

 

@arghton, last high ranking official from South Vietnam? I didn't find any other alive at a quick glance.

Khoi was a Brig. Gen. I'd assume there are some other Generals living. Checking...

 

Ministers/govt:

Nguyễn Tiến Hưng (1935) Minister of Economic Development and Planning 1973-1975

Trần Ngọc Ninh (1923) Minister of Education 1966-1967. Alive?

Trương Văn Thuấn (1936) Communications and Transport Minister 1966-1967.

Nguyễn Hữu Hanh (1923) Bank governor, should be dead. Returned to Vietnam in 2003 to live the rest of his life there. Not to be confused with another guy with a very similar name who was born 1924 and died in 2019.

Hoàng Đức Nhã (1942) Minister of Public Affairs and Cheiu Hoi 1973-1975. Nguyen Van Thieu's Press Secretary.

Nguyễn Văn Hảo (1942) Apparently a former Deputy Prime Minister. Said to be alive in Vietnam.

 

Military (mostly minor names mentioned on the vietnamese wikipedia as they have Wiki pages for seemingly all SV Generals - some of the Maj/ Lt. Gens likely dead):

Lt. Cen Phạm Quốc Thuần (1926-2023) Said to live or have lived in Oregon.

Lt. Gen Nguyễn Bảo Trị (1929-2024) Was still attending events a few years ago.

Lt. Gen Trần Văn Trung (1926) Was said to be "lying in critical condition in a Paris hospital" in 2012, I doubt he's still alive.

Lt. Gen Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi (1932) Possibly dead? 

Lt. Gen Mai Hữu Xuân (1916/1917-1988) Involved in the 1963 and 1964 coups. Very much dead (Trần Thiện Khiêm was the last living of those who had a major role in the coups) but nobody seems to know when, all is known he died in the US.

Maj. Gen Nguyễn Chấn (1931-2022?) Said to have died in Toronto last year.

Maj. Gen Bùi Hữu Nhơn (1928-2022) A Major General with the same name died in the US last year, and I doubt there are many Maj. Gens in the us named Bùi Hữu Nhơn.

Maj. Gen Đào Duy Ân (1932)

Maj. Gen Lê Ngọc Triển (1927-2019) Online obituaries can be found

Maj. Gen Nguyễn Duy Hinh (1929)

Maj. Gen Phan Đình Niệm (1931)

Maj. Gen Nguyễn Khắc Bình (1931) Most recent news from a few years ago. Police chief for four years before the fall of Saigon. Should be very much alive as youtube has 2022 interviews of him.

Brig. Gen Chương Dzềnh Quay (1928) Later lived in France...alive?

Brig. Gen Nguyễn Văn Giàu (1932) 

Brig. Gen Huỳnh Văn Lạc (1927) 

Brig. Gen Phạm Hữu Nhơn (1928-2016?) Later lived in Haymarket, Virginia. Someone with the same name died in Virginia in 2016, but was marked to have been 90 years old at the time of his death.

Brig. Gen Nguyễn Thành Hoàng (1924) Very likely dead.

Brig. Gen Phạm Hà Thanh (1926) Director of Military Medical Department for two years before the fall of Saigon. Known to been in exile but returned to Vietnam at some point.

Brig. Gen Phan Xuân Nhuận (1916-1992) Died in the US of old age, but not known when. 

Brig. Gen Vũ Đình Đào (1931-2020) Online obituaries say he died 2020. 

Brig. Gen Đặng Đình Linh (1929-2010) Online obituaries say he died 2010.

Brig. Gen Nguyễn Văn Lượng (1931) 

Kiem Do (1933) "Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations when Saigon fell in 1975". Lives in the US.

Col. Bùi Dzinh (1929-2024) 

Col. Nguyễn Văn Huy (1938) Said to live in the US

Col. Dương Hiếu Nghĩa (1925-2019) Some sources say he died 2019.

Major Nguyễn Qúy An (1943) 

Major Phan Nhật Nam (1943)

Lt. Phạm Quang Khiêm (1946)

Lt. Nguyễn Văn Cử (c. 1934-2013?) Tried to assasinate Ngô Đình Diệm. According to Vietnamese wiki died in 2013 but haven't looked into him.

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Gary Prado Salmon, the Bolivian general "who captured Che Guevara" has died at 84:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-08/bolivian-general-who-captured-che-guevara-dies/102317658

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On 06/05/2023 at 20:48, arghton said:

 

Lt. Gen Mai Hữu Xuân (1917?-?) Involved in the 1963 and 1964 coups. Very much dead (Trần Thiện Khiêm was the last living of those who had a major role in the coups) but nobody seems to know when, all is known he died in the US.

According to the SSDI, born 14 Mar 1916. Died 14 Sep 1988 (72), possibly in Arlington, Virginia.

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On 06/05/2023 at 20:48, arghton said:

 

Brig. Gen Phan Xuân Nhuận (1916-?) Died in the US of old age, but not known when. 

Again from the SSDI, born on 5 Feb 1916, and died on 6 Feb 1992 (76) in Orange, California.

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On 06/05/2023 at 20:48, arghton said:

 

Col. Dương Hiếu Nghĩa (1925-2019?) Some sources say he died 2019.

I would say this is reliable confirmation that he died in Richland, Washginton on 14 April 2019 (aged 94). I mean it even has a time of death listed.

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On 11/09/2020 at 22:23, Ulitzer95 said:

If there's only three turning 95+ next year, might as well extend to British commanders born in the 1920s then (excluding Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip):

Sir James Jungius b. Nov 1923, Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy
Sir Thomas Baird b. May 1924, Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy
Sir John Morrison Forbes b. Aug 1925, Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy
Sir Ted Horlick b. Sep 1925, Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy
Sir Frank Kitson b. Dec 1926, General in the British Army
Anthony Whetstone b. Jun 1927, Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy
Sir Richard Lawson b. Nov 1927, General in the British Army
Sir Alexander Boswell b. Aug 1928, Lieutenant-General in the British Army
Sir Richard Vickers b. Aug 1928, Lieutenant-General in the British Army
Sir Derek Reffell b. Oct 1928 Admiral in the Royal Navy

All of these guys will obit of course.

List is incomplete so any additions welcome.

General Sir Richard Lawson Times Obit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/general-sir-richard-lawson-obituary-xlk733255

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Colonel Edward Gardener, various command positions with the Parachute Regiment who, as a Lieutenant, essentially founded the Parachute Regiment Free Fall Display Team which became known as the Red Devils, reportedly dead: 

 

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On 12/09/2022 at 21:17, arghton said:

 

21. Wang Yuqing 王玉清/王玉清 (1921-) Minor name often interviewed.

 

Wang Yuqing dead at 101.

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Russian general Sergei Surovikin hasnt been seen since the Wagner rebellion and is said to be "resting":

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-general-surovikin-is-currently-resting-lawmaker-says-2023-07-12/

 

Depending on how final the rest is, he might become a DDP hit for my theme team.

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Namibian Lt. Gen and Chief of Defence 2000-2006 Solomon Huwala or Hawala, called "Butcher of Lubango" for running detainee camps during the South African Border War and executing opponents of SWAPO, hospitalised. "Stable" (of course)

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Gennady Zhidko, who was in charge of Ukraine invasion from May to October 2022, dead at 57.

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Next general, Gennady Lopyrev, 69, dies of an illness in prison:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12415979/Jailed-Russian-general-69-knew-secrets-Putins-1billion-Black-Sea-palace-dies-mysteriously-prison-ahead-parole-bid-second-Kremlin-commander-perish-days.html

 

No direct connection to the war though. Not necessarily suspicious I'd say, it can happen at 69. And prison doesn't really help.

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On 04/04/2023 at 14:38, arghton said:

Updated the Long March list. I'd say there are around 12-15 left who will definitely get a death mention, multiple who could/likely will get one and the yellow names who very likely won't get any kind of mention except maybe a short "they're dead" mention in those yearly or bi-yearly lists in Chinese media, currently I'm waiting for them to release a new list. Zhang Lixiong, Wang Fuzhi, Wang Jingqun and Fan Xixian, maybe Suo Xinzhong are the most notable ones left I doubt any of them will get an English obituary as not even Wan Haifeng got one.

Image of Wang Fuzhi this month. Seems permanently hospitalised, for a change.

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On 21/03/2023 at 22:37, arghton said:

Finnish military intelligence colonel, professor and Russia-Ukraine war expert Martti J. Kari hospitalised after suffering a stroke or a heart attack. Other ailments include...terminal cancer for five years with atleast four "incurable tumors" and last year he said that statistically he should be dead. 

(Video from 2018)

Martti J. Kari dead.