Peng Xuefeng () (September 9, 1907 – September 11, 1944) was a

New Fourth Army The New Fourth Army () was a unit of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China established in 1937. In contrast to most of the National Revolutionary Army, it was controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and not by the ruling Ku ...

general officer during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

Early life

Peng was born in

Zhenping County, Henan Zhenping County () is a county in the southwest of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanyang. Introduction Zhenping was known in ancient times as Nieyang. It has a long history of jade carving ...

. He was not related to Marshal

Peng Dehuai Peng Dehuai (; October 24, 1898November 29, 1974) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, who served as China's Defense Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor peasant family, and received several years of primary edu ...

Personal life

Peng was killed in action in

Xiayi County Xiayi County () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Shangqiu, Henan province, People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui province Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part ...

, Henan 5 months before the birth of his son. Peng was 37 years old. Peng's son is

Peng Xiaofeng Peng Xiaofeng (; born February 1945) is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as political commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Corps. Early life Peng is from Zhenping County, Henan Province. Peng is th ...

, a retired general in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

War of Resistance against Japan

1907 births 1944 deaths New Fourth Army generals Military personnel killed in action during the Republic of China era People from Zhenping County, Henan {{China-bio-stub