Army General Lê Văn Tỵ (17 May 1904 – 20 October 1964) was the first chief of staff of the
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...
. He replaced
Nguyễn Văn Hinh as joint general chief of staff.
[Nguyễn Công Luận ''Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars'' 2012 "General Lê Văn Tỵ was appointed joint general chief of staff, replacing General Nguyễn Văn Hinh. The remnants of the French supporters lost their foothold in the nationalist army. "] He was previously a general in the
Vietnamese National Army of the
State of Vietnam
The State of Vietnam ( vi, Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Nôm: 國家越南; french: État du Viêt-Nam) was a governmental entity in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country ...
, which became the
Republic of Vietnam in 1955 after Prime Minister
Ngô Đình Diệm
Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of ...
deposed Emperor
Bảo Đại in a
fraudulent referendum.
Tỵ's deteriorating health forced him to retire in 1964. He succumbed to cancer in 1964. He was a recipient of the
National Order of Vietnam.
He is also the only General of the Republic of Vietnam to be promoted to the 5-star rank of Army General.
References
1904 births
1964 deaths
Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals
Recipients of the National Order of Vietnam
South Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War
Deaths from cancer in Vietnam
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