Bùi Đình Đạm

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Bùi, but is often simplified to Bui in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Đạm.

Bùi Đình Đạm
Mayor General Bùi Đình Đạm in archives of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
Chairman of the Human Resources General Department, Ministry of Defense
In office ? November 1965 – 30 April 1974
Deputy	Huỳnh Ngọc Lang Nguyễn Đức Đệ
Preceded by	Trần Văn Vân
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chairman of the General Administration Department of the Joint Staff
In office February 1965 – November 1965
Preceded by	Trần Văn Trung
Succeeded by	Đồng Văn Khuyên
Chairman of the 4th Department for Logistics of the Joint Staff
In office November 1963 – February 1965
Deputy Commander and Staff Chief of the 7th Infantry Division
In office June 1962 – December 1962
Preceded by	Huỳnh Văn Cao
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Hữu Có
Staff Chief of the Military University
In office August 1957 – June 1960
Preceded by	Trần Văn Minh
Staff Chief of the Thủ Đức Reserve Officer Schools
In office May 1954 – May 1955
Preceded by	Phạm Văn Cảm
Personal details
Born	(1926-06-26)26 June 1926 Phượng Trì, Đan Phượng, Hà Đông, Tonkin
Died	30 May 2009(2009-05-30) (aged 82) San Jose, California, US
Nationality	South Vietnamese
Political party	Cần Lao (1955–65) Independent (since 1965)
Other political affiliations	Military (until 1975)
Spouse	?
Children	?
Relatives	Bùi Đình Diệm (elder brother)
Alma mater	Master of Social Work of the San Jose State University
Military career
Nickname(s)	Đan Phượng Colonel Bùi
Allegiance	State of Vietnam Republic of Vietnam
Years of service	1948–75
Rank	Mayor General (Thiếu tướng)
Commands	7th Infantry Division Capital Special Zone
Battles / wars	First Indochina War Vietnam War
Other work	Lecturer Poet

Major General Bùi Đình Đạm (Chinese: 裴廷惔, born 26 June 1926 – 30 May 2009 in Hà Đông province) was an officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

Biography

Bùi Đình Đạm, saint's name Giuse, pen name Đan Phượng (Chinese: 丹鳳), was born on June 26, 1926, at Phượng Trì village, Đan Phượng district, Hà Đông province, Tonkin (now Đan Phượng commune, Hanoi). He has an elder brother named Bùi Đình Diệm, that is poet Quang Dũng.

Career

Besides his military career, Bùi Đình Đạm was also a poet and Catholic university lecturer. His name was mentioned by political advisor Ngô Đình Nhu (figure) in the final episode of 1988 series Cards on the Table as a lifeline of the regime.

Military education

• Officers School of Vietnam, Class 1 of Phan Bội Châu
• U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

Military service

As a Colonel Bùi was a key figure at the Battle of Ap Bac. He held various position in the ARVN:

• Platoon Leader, Company Leader: Co.1, Bn 3 VN (North Vietnam)
• Served in Military Equipment Bureau, 1st Military Region.
• Chief of Staff, Thu Duc Reserved Officers School
• Head of General Staff Bureau, Military Collegẹ
• Chief of Staff, 7th Infantry Division
• Deputy Commander, 7th Infantry Division
• Commander, 7th Infantry Division
• Head of G4 (logistics), Joint General Staff
• Head of General Administration, Joint General Staff
• Director of Mobilization Bureau, Defense Ministry
• Director General of Personnel Bureau, Defense Ministry

See also

• Bùi Đình Diệm

Further reading

Bibliography

• Cosmas, Graham (2009). The Joint Chiefs of Staff and The War in Vietnam 1960–1968 Part 3 (PDF). Office of Joint History Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-4823-7869-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Blair, Anne E. (2001). There to the Bitter End: Ted Serong in Vietnam. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-468-9.
• Gettleman, Marvin E. (1966). Vietnam: History, documents and opinions on a major world crisis. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books.
• Halberstam, David; Singal, Daniel J. (2008). The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam during the Kennedy Era. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-6007-9.
• Hatcher, Patrick Lloyd (1990). The suicide of an elite: American internationalists and Vietnam. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1736-2.
• Jones, Howard (2003). Death of a Generation: how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War. New York City, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505286-2.
• Kahin, George McT. (1979). "Political Polarization in South Vietnam: U.S. Policy in the Post-Diem Period". Pacific Affairs. 52 (4). Vancouver, British Columbia: 647–73. doi:10.2307/2757066. JSTOR 2757066.
• Kahin, George McT. (1986). Intervention: How America Became Involved in Vietnam. New York City: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-54367-X.
• Karnow, Stanley (1997). Vietnam: A history. New York City: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-670-84218-4.
• Langguth, A. J. (2000). Our Vietnam: the war, 1954–1975. New York City: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-81202-9.
• Moyar, Mark (2006). Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965. New York City: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-86911-0.
• Topmiller, Robert J. (2006). The Lotus Unleashed: The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam, 1964–1966. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-9166-1.
• Shaplen, Robert (1966). The Lost Revolution: Vietnam 1945–1965. London: André Deutsch. OCLC 460367485.
• Tucker, Spencer C., ed. (2000). Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social and Military History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-57607-040-9.
• Brigham, Robert Kendall. ARVN: Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army. Modern War Studies (Hardcover), 2006.
• Collins, Brigadier General James Lawton Jr. (1991) [1975]. The Development and Training of the South Vietnamese Army, 1950–1972 (PDF). Vietnam Studies. United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 90-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2024.
• Starry, Donn A. "Mounted Combat in Vietnam." Vietnam Studies; Department of the Army; first printing 1978-CMH Pub 90–17.
• "A Brief Overview of the Vietnam National Army and the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (1952–1975)" (PDF). Viet-Nam Bulletin. 1969. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
• Dunstan, Simon. "Vietnam Tracks-Armor in Battle." 1982 edition, Osprey Publications; ISBN 0-89141-171-2.
• Moyar, Mark (October 2006). Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86911-9.
• Simpson, Howard R. (August 1992). Tiger in the Barbed Wire: An American in Vietnam, 1952–1991. Brassey's Inc. ISBN 978-0-7881-5148-4.
• Simpson, Howard R. (1998). Bush Hat, Black Tie: adventures of a foreign service officer. Brassey's Inc. ISBN 978-1-57488-154-7.
• AFRVN Military History Section, J-5, Strategic Planning and Policy (1977). Quân Sử 4: Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng Hòa trong giai-đoạn hình-thành: 1946–1955 (reprinted from the 1972 edition in Taiwan) [Military History: AFRVN, the formation period, 1946–1955] (in Vietnamese). DaiNam Publishing.

External links

• Major General Bùi Dinh Dam's military resume