Đàm Thị Loan

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Đàm, but is often simplified to Dam in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Loan.
Đàm Thị Loan
Đàm Thị Nết
Nickname(s)Thanh Xuân
Minh Phượng
Born26 August 1926
Hòa An District, Cao Bằng Province, French Indochina
Died28 January 2010(2010-01-28) (aged 83)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Buried
Thanh Tước Cemetery
Allegiance Viet Minh
Vietnam
Branch Vietnam People's Army
Viet Cong
Years of service1944–1975
RankLieutenant colonel
Battles / warsFirst Indochina War
Vietnam War
Awards Order of Independence
Resistance Order
Glorious Fighter Medal (3)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1945; died 1986)​

Đàm Thị Loan (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ʔɗaːm˨˩ tʰi˧˨ʔ lwaːn˧˧]]; 1926–2010), born Đàm Thị Nết ([ʔɗaːm˨˩ tʰi˧˨ʔ net̚˧˦]), was a lieutenant colonel in the People's Army of Vietnam. She was one of three female soldiers in the original Vietnam Armed Propaganda Unit for National Liberation in 1944 and was in the honor guard hoisting the flag of the new independent country in the Independence ceremony held at Ba Dinh Square on September 2, 1945.[1] Her husband was general Hoàng Văn Thái, the first chief of staff of the Vietnam People's Army and the military leader of Viet Cong.

References

  1. ^ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (2010-09-02). "Cô gái kéo cờ lễ độc lập". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-06-07.
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