Dương Hiếu Nghĩa

Colonel Dương Hiếu Nghĩa (born c. 1925, Sa Đéc) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He graduated from the Đà Lạt National Military Academy. During the Vietnam War, he served in various infantry and armored units. His highest administrative position was Province Chief of Vĩnh Long.

He, along with Captain Nguyễn Văn Nhung, executed President Ngô Đình Diệm and the President's confidant, his brother Ngô Đình Nhu after the latter were arrested at the end of an army coup. After the Fall of Saigon in 1975, Nghia spent at least a dozen years in various re-education camps. In 1992, he was allowed to emigrate to the United States under the Humanitarian Orderly Departure Program.

See also

• Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
• 1963 South Vietnamese coup

References

• Karnow, Stanley (1997). Vietnam: A history. Penguin Books. pp. 321–326, 354–355. ISBN 0-670-84218-4.
• "VNCH Bi Buc Tu dich gia Duong Hieu Nghia – Regiments" [La Mort du Vietnam translated by Duong Hieu Nghia - translator's biography included] (in Vietnamese). Retrieved November 10, 2009.