Vietnam War Hero To Vinh Dien

Who is Vietnam War Hero To Vinh Dien?
To Vinh Dien is a hero in Vietnamese history, in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign he sacrificed his life to keep the cannon from falling over the cliff.
To Vinh Dien was originally from Thai Thuy, Thai Binh. The fifth ancestor of the To Lang Bao Ham family, To Phuc Chan, moved his family to Nong Cong, Thanh Hoa to settle down. To Vinh Dien is the eldest child in the family with his father, To Uy, his family belongs to a poor family, when he was 8 years old, because his family was poor, he had no money, he had to live and work for landlords in the village. side village.
In 1946 he participated in the resistance war against the French colonialists, with many good achievements he became a militia commander in the countryside. He was captured by the rebels in 1950, because at this time Thanh Hoa broke out a riot. After that, the government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam had to send people to the locality to calm the rebels. To Vinh Dien was liberated, To Vinh Dien joined the Vietnam People's Army shortly after.
When the anti-aircraft artillery force was about to be formed in March 1953, To Vinh Dien was called to a convocation. to join forces. After the establishment, To Vinh Dien went to Nanning, Guangxi, China to train with the unit. Due to his good training, he was promoted to the Deputy Platoon of 829 Company, 394th Battalion, of the 267th Regiment and also at this time he was admitted to the Vietnam Labor Party.
February 1953, To Vinh Dien and the division returned home after 8 months of hard training in China and marched soon after to prepare for battle at Dien Bien Phu. To Vinh Dien was assigned to be the second platoon of the 2nd Platoon, due to the wounded squad leader he directly commanded the 3rd platoon of company 827. His platoon was assigned to use the 37mm anti-aircraft gun number 510681. , belonging to the 37mm single-barreled anti-aircraft gun model 61-K, produced by the Soviet Union and aided the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
The British unit was on the way to towing artillery on February 1, 1954, when it arrived. Because of the high and narrow slope of Ban Banana, To Vinh Dien and his good teammates were responsible for operating the cannon head to correct the direction for other units to pull the cannon rope. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the French army from Muong Thanh fired artillery. Suddenly, the artillery unit was lying down, the winch rope was broken. The cannon holding force is reduced and the cannon rolls over the insert. Gunner Le Van Chi controlling the outer fork was thrown into the cliff and the cannon slowly rolled into the abyss. To Vinh Dien immediately split the inner cannon to move out, he tried to push the cannon to avoid crashing into the mountain. Although he was able to prevent the cannon from falling into the cliff, he was crushed by a cannon weighing more than 2 tons. Before he died, he also asked his teammates Cannon what's wrong.
To Vinh Dien was awarded the Second-class Military Merit Medal by the President on May 7, 1955, in 1956 he was awarded the First Class Victory Medal and was awarded Hero of the People's Armed Forces

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When was Vietnam War Hero To Vinh Dien born?
To Vinh Dien was born in ?-?-1924, death year is 1954, at the age of 30.
Where is Vietnam War Hero To Vinh Dien's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
To Vinh Dien was born in Thanh Hoa, of Vietnam. Mr, whose Zodiac is (don't know), and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. To Vinh Dien's global rank is 88611 and whose rank is 113 in list of famous Vietnam War Hero.

To Vinh Dien's photo in his youth

To Vinh Dien was awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces