Brigadier General Le Minh Dao - ARVN 18th Division

[AnDuc49]

It's with great sadness that I report that Brigadier General Le Minh Dao passed away yesterday at 1:45 in Hartford, CT at the age of 87.

Along with his 18th Division, they were later nicknamed "The Super Men" for their heroic stand at Xuan Loc in the waning days of the Vietnam War. Despite being nearly outnumbered 7 to 1, Le Minh Dao was able to hold off the NVA onslaught for nearly 2 weeks. Only after his 18th Division was badly mauled, suffering 30% casualties and nearly running out of ammunition and supplies did he conduct a fighting withdrawal. In his wake on the battlefield, they leave roughly 5,000 NVA dead and 37 some knocked out tanks.

Despite having the chance to leave the country, Le Minh Dao refused to leave, staying through the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. He would later be captured and spend 17 years in various Communist Re-Education Camps before being granted political asylum in the United States in May of 1992.

Rest in Peace Sir, you are with your men again.

[The Rooster]

It's with great sadness that I report that Brigadier General Le Minh Dao passed away yesterday at 1:45 in Hartford, CT at the age of 87.

 

Along with his 18th Division, they were later nicknamed "The Super Men" for their heroic stand at Xuan Loc in the waning days of the Vietnam War. Despite being nearly outnumbered 7 to 1, Le Minh Dao was able to hold off the NVA onslaught for nearly 2 weeks. Only after his 18th Division was badly mauled, suffering 30% casualties and nearly running out of ammunition and supplies did he conduct a fighting withdrawal. In his wake on the battlefield, they leave roughly 5,000 NVA dead and 37 some knocked out tanks.

 

Despite having the chance to leave the country, Le Minh Dao refused to leave, staying through the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. He would later be captured and spend 17 years in various Communist Re-Education Camps before being granted political asylum in the United States in May of 1992.

 

Rest in Peace Sir, you are with your men again.

Thank you for this Kahn.

Rest in Peace to a great Brave Warrior.

 

Dave

[flytiger]

Thanks for letting us know on his passing. R.I.P.