Major General Tôn Thất Xứng (, ; 1923–2018) was an officer of the
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; ) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Its predecessor was the ground forc ...
.
He served as the commander of
I Corps, which oversaw the northernmost part of the country, from 30 January 1964 until 14 November of the same year, when he was replaced by Lieutenant General
Nguyễn Chánh Thi. Xứng was installed on the day of the
successful coup by General
Nguyễn Khánh
Nguyễn Khánh (}; 8 November 192711 January 2013) was a South Vietnamese military dictator and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head o ...
that toppled the military junta of General
Dương Văn Minh
Dương Văn Minh (; 16 February 19166 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. ...
.
[Tucker, pp. 526–533.]
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Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals
2018 deaths
1923 births
South Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War
Vietnamese emigrants to Canada
People from Huế
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