In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Đàm, but is often simplified to Dam in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Loan.
Đàm Thị Loan Đàm Thị Nết | |
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Nickname |
Thanh Xuân Minh Phượng |
Born | 26 August 1926 |
Died | 28 January 2010 | (aged 83)
Place of birth | Hòa An District, Cao Bằng Province, French Indochina |
Place of death | Hanoi, Vietnam |
Buried at | Thanh Tước Cemetery |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Years of service | 1944–1975 |
Rank | File:Vietnam People's Army Lieutenant Colonel.jpg Lieutenant colonel |
Battles/wars |
First Indochina War Vietnam War |
Awards |
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Spouse(s) | Hoàng Văn Thái (m. 1945–86) |
Đàm Thị Loan (1926–2010), born Đàm Thị Nết, was a lieutenant colonel in the People's Army of Vietnam. She was one of three female soldiers in the original Vietnam Armed Propaganda Unit for National Liberation in 1944 and was in the honor guard hoisting the flag of the new independent country in the Independence ceremony held at Ba Dinh Square on September 2, 1945. Her husband was general Hoàng Văn Thái, the first chief of staff of the Vietnam People's Army and the military leader of Viet Cong.
The original article can be found at Đàm Thị Loan and the edit history here.