Yang Dezhi

Yang Dezhi
Native name	杨得志
Born	(1911-01-03)January 3, 1911 Liling, Hunan, Qing Dynasty
Died	August 25, 1994(1994-08-25) (aged 83) Beijing, China
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1928-1987
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Chinese Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War Korean War Sino-Vietnamese War
Awards	Order of Bayi (First Class) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class) Order of Liberation (First Class)

Yang Dezhi (simplified Chinese: 杨得志; traditional Chinese: 楊得志; pinyin: Yáng Dézhì; January 13, 1911 – October 25, 1994) was a Chinese general and politician. He was senior military officer in the North China (or 5th) Field Army, a veteran of the Korean War and commander in China during the Sino–Vietnamese War.^[1]