Biography of Agent Lê Quang Ninh

Profile

Lê Quang Ninh
Position
Espionage Operative Code 110 (T5)
Term	1963 – 1995
Division	South Vietnam People’s Proselytizing Committee Bureau People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) Counter-Intelligence Agency – Ho Chi Minh City Police Department

Major Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, 50th Regiment (1/50)
Term	1968– 1975
Rank	Major
Division	Đồng Dù, Củ Chi 25th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (also known as the “Tropic Lightning”)

Captain 1st Battalion, 50th Regiment (1/50)
Term	1964 – 1968
Rank	Captain
Division	Lương Hòa, Long An 25th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (also known as the “Tropic Lightning”)

Background
Citizenship	Việt Nam
Date of Birth Place of Birth	November 10, 1942 Đạo Thạnh, Mỹ Tho, Tiền Giang
Date of Death	June 20, 2018 (Age 77) Hồ Chí Minh City
Cause of Death	Advanced age
Lived	Hồ Chí Minh City
Ethnic group	Kinh
Political Party	Communist Party of Việt Nam (1963)
Education	Highschool Diploma, Distinction
School	– Nguyễn Đình Chiểu Highschool, Mỹ Tho – Thủ Đức Military Academy (also known as Thủ Đức Reserve Officer School, or École d’Officiers de Réserve de Thủ Đức)
Military Career
Organization	National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
Years in service	1964–1975
Rank	Major
Division	25th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (also known as the “Tropic Lightning”)
Operational Command	Vietnamese National Army Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
Combat	Vietnam War
Awards	Hero of the People’s Armed Forces of Vietnam (awarded in 2011) • Independence Order • 55-Year Communist Party Membership Badge (awarded in 2018) • Liberation Order, 3rd Class (awarded in 1975) • Liberation Medal for the entire 500 soldiers of the “1st/50th Battalion, 25th Division of Republic of Vietnam”, 3rd Class (7/5/1975) • First-Class Order of Resistance Against the Americans • First-Class and Third-Class Liberation Fighter Order