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Occupation
  
military leader


Name
  
Wu Faxian

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Born
  
25 August 1915 (
1915-08-25
)
Yongfeng County, Jiangxi, Republic of China

Died
  
October 17, 2004, Jinan, China

Wu Faxian (Chinese: 吴法宪; 1915–2004) was a military and political leader of People's Republic of China. In 1930 he became a soldier of Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, two years later he joined the Communist Party of China. He participated in five Counter-Encirclement Campaigns, Long March, Battle of Pingxingguan, Liaoshen Campaign and Pingjin Campaign.

In 1955 he was granted the military rank of lieutenant general. Wu was a subordinate of Lin Biao, in 1965 he became the commander of People's Liberation Army Air Force. In 1981 he was declared guilty as a member of the Lin Biao group, punished with a sentence of 17 years.

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