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Xie Jinyuan | |||||||||
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Native name | 謝晉元 | ||||||||
Born | Jiaoling County, Guangdong, Qing Empire | 26 April 1905||||||||
Died | 24 April 1941 Shanghai, China | (aged 35)||||||||
Allegiance | Republic of China | ||||||||
Years of service | 1925–1941 | ||||||||
Rank | Colonel Major general (posthumously) | ||||||||
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Battles / wars | Second Sino-Japanese War † | ||||||||
Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun with Grand Cordon | ||||||||
Alma mater | Whampoa Military Academy | ||||||||
Spouse(s) | Ling Weicheng | ||||||||
Children | 4 | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 謝晉元 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 谢晋元 | ||||||||
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Xie Jinyuan (Hsieh Chin-yuan; 26 April 1905 – 24 April 1941) was a Chinese Nationalist military officer famous for commanding the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War.