Thongvan Fanmuong

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Thongvan. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Fanmuong.

Thongvan Fanmuong
Allegiance	First Kingdom of Cambodia Khmer Republic
Branch	Royal Cambodian Army   Khmer National Army
Rank	Major general
Commands	Military Region 1 commander FANK Chief of Operations
Battles / wars	Cambodian Civil War

Major general Thongvan Fanmuong was a Cambodian senior military officer who served in the Khmer National Armed Forces under the Khmer Republic regime of Lon Nol. ^{[1] [2]} He was a graduate of the French École d'État Major and the École de Guerre in Paris. He was a member of the supreme committee of the Republic of Cambodia, along with General Sak Sutsakhan, Long Boret, Hang Thun Hak, Op Kim Ang, General Ear Chhong (Chief-of-Staff of the Khmer Air Force), and Admiral Vong Sarendy (Chief-of-Staff the Khmer National Navy). ^[2] The committee tried to "organize a surrender" as the Khmer Rouge took over the country. ^[2]

Notes

1. Corfield, Justin (1994). Khmers Stand Up! A History of the Cambodian Government 1970-1975. CEAS. p. 108. ISBN   0732605652.
2. OP, Sangha. The Khmer Republic. pp. 110, 162.

References

• Kenneth Conboy, FANK: A History of the Cambodian Armed Forces, 1970-1975, Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd, Djakarta 2011. ISBN   978-979-3780-86-3
• Kenneth Conboy, Kenneth Bowra, and Mike Chappell, The War in Cambodia 1970-75, Men-at-arms series 209, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1989. ISBN   0-85045-851-X
• Justin Corfield and Laura Summers, Historical Dictionary of Cambodia, Asian/Oceanian Historical Dictionaries No. 43, Scarecrow Press, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, and Oxford 2003. ISBN   0-8108-4524-5 –
• Sak Sutsakhan, The Khmer Republic at War and the Final Collapse, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Washington D.C. 1980. – available online at Vietnam.ttu.edu Part 1 PDF, Part 2 (PDF), Part 3 (PDF), Part 4 (PDF).

External links

• Letter from the government of the United States to General Thongvan Fanmuong.