Vũ Lăng Explained

Honorific Prefix:Colonel General
Birth Name:Đỗ Đức Liêm
Birth Place:Thanh Trì, Hà Nội, French Indochina
Party:Communist Party of Vietnam
Allegiance: Democratic Republic of Vietnam and later Vietnam
Branch:People's Army of Vietnam
Rank:Colonel General
Battles:
Mawards:Hero of the People's Armed Forces

Vũ Lăng (born Đỗ Đức Liêm) (1921–1988) was a colonel-general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) active during the First Indochina War, and the Vietnam War.[1]

In the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, Vũ Lăng was the commander of 98th Regiment of 316th Brigade and led his regiment besieging, attacking Eliane positions (C1, C2) of French Central positions (Vietnamese: phân khu Trung tâm - Mường Thanh).[2]

In 2023, CG Vũ Lăng was posthumously awarded the Hero of the People's Armed Forces.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Two Hanoians in Central Highlands campaign . qdnd.vn . 4 April 2024.
  2. Web site: One-month-long siege at C1 position of Điện Biên Phủ . baolangson.vn . 4 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Posthumous Hero of the People's Armed Forces awards for Colenel Generals Hoàng Minh Thảo, Đặng Vũ Hiệp and Vũ Lăng . qdnd.vn . 2 April 2024.