Trần Quý Hai
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Lieutenant General Trần Quý Hai | |
|---|---|
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| Deputy Chief of General Staff | |
| In office 1955–1961 | |
| President | Hồ Chí Minh |
| Minister | Võ Nguyên Giáp |
| Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defence | |
| In office 1961–1980 | |
| President | Hồ Chí Minh, Tôn Đức Thắng |
| Minister | Võ Nguyên Giáp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bùi Chấn 20 May 1913 |
| Died | 1985 (aged 71–72) |
| Party | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Awards |  Gold Star Order (posthumously) Ho Chi Minh Order |
| Nickname | Võ Văn Khế |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Democratic Republic of Vietnam and later Vietnam |
| Branch/service | People's Army of Vietnam |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | 101st Regiment (Trần Cao Vân Regt.) 325th Division) (Bình Trị Thiên Div.) B5 Front (Highway 9– Northern Quảng Trị Front) |
| Battles/wars | |
Trần Quý Hai (born Bùi Chấn)(1913–1985) was a lieutenant-general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) active during the First Indochina War, and the Vietnam War.[1] He commanded Việt Cộng forces in Battle of Khe Sanh and Second Battle of Quảng Trị.[2][3]
Trần Quý Hai was born in 1913 as Bùi Chấn to a poor peasant family in Châu Sa commune, Sơn Tịnh district of Quảng Ngãi province. He took part in revolutionary movements since early ages and joined the Indochinese Communist Party in October 1930. In mid-1931, Bùi Chấn was jailed by the French colonial authorities for supporting Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets. Freed in 1932, Chấn continued operating in communist movements till 1939 – when he was arrested again for leading anti-tax movement in Sơn Tịnh and Bình Sơn districts.[3]
When Chấn's prison term was over in mid-1944, the colonial authorities sent him to Ba Tơ exile house where he and his comrades like Trương Quang Giao, Phạm Kiệt, Trần Lương and Nguyễn Đôn clandestinely established the Provisional Provincial Party Committee of Quảng Ngãi. Together with other comrades in the committee, Bùi Chấn led Ba Tơ uprising in March 1945, then August Revolution in Quảng Ngãi successfully. In September 1945, he was named Secretary of the provincial committee.[1]
