serviceyears death_date allegiance birth_date commands death_place image_size battles rank image name caption native_name_lang birth_place unit awards nickname native_name article_title
1924 & ndash ; 1947 16 may 1947 republic of china of china -lrb- 1912 -- 1949 -rrb- republic 20 august 1903 58th division , 74th corps mengyin county , shandong 250 * northern expedition lieutenant general 張靈甫烈士遺像.png zhang lingfu lieutenant general zhang lingfu zh-hant xi'an 1st division , 1st corps order of precious tripod the lame legged general 張靈甫 zhang lingfu

zhang lingfu

zhang lingfu -lrb- ; august 20 , 1903 -- may 16 , 1947 -rrb- was a high-ranking general of the chinese national revolutionary army .
he successfully fought against the communists and the imperial japanese army .
in 1947 , his unit was surrounded by chinese communist forces commanded by field marshal chen yi and general su yu , unable to breakout from the communist encirclement because the relief efforts headed by his nationalist colleagues did not arrive on time , he was killed in action in the menglianggu campaign on may 16 , 1947 .
