Lê Trọng Tấn

Vietnam state institutions Marxism–Leninism 1914–1986 ○ Died of illness

Vietnamese chief of staff and commander in the Dien Bien Phu, Saigon and border campaigns

Vietnamese general from Hà Đông. He joined the Viet Minh in 1943 and the Indochinese Communist Party in 1945. He commanded the 312th Division at Dien Bien Phu and held major commands during the war with the United States and the 1975 offensive on Saigon. After reunification he served as deputy defence minister and in the General Staff leadership during the Cambodian war and northern border defence. He later led military development as chief of staff and died in 1986.

Also known as: Le Trong Tan