caption serviceyears commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title education name
general january 2008 . dien del in kien svay , cambodia , 1951-2001 2nd forces , kandal province ; chief of general staff kpnlaf fank ; inspector general of the royal cambodian armed forces general division staff ; governor and commander of territorial 13 february 2013 tuek thla , phnom penh sóc trăng , french indochina cambodia cambodian defense of phnom penh , 1975 ; defense of ampil civil refugee camp , 1985 war : chenla ii , 1971 ; 1932 brigadier general dien del.jpg dien del
 lycee sisowath , montpelier school of military administration dien del
dien del

general dien del -lrb- 1932-2013 -rrb- is a distinguished military figure who directed combat operations in cambodia , first as a general in the army of the khmer republic -lrb- 1970 -- 1975 -rrb- and then as a leader of khmer people 's national liberation front -lrb- kpnlf -rrb- guerrilla forces fighting against the vietnamese occupation -lrb- 1979 -- 1992 -rrb- .
dien del died in a hospital in phnom penh on february 13 , 2013 .
his body was cremated at the tuek thla pagoda in tuek thla , phnom penh .
