Kong Le Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Kong Le, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Laos.

3 records1960–19603 events2 places

Chronological biography

1960

Retreat to Plain of Jars12 1960

Warfare / Laotian Civil War · Captain · Neutralist commander · Plain of Jars

Withdraws toward the Plain of Jars after rightist forces retake Vientiane

Coup9 August 1960

Revolution / Revolution of Laos · Captain · Neutralist paratroop commander · Vientiane

Leads a military coup in Vientiane and calls for Lao neutrality

Neutralist Coup9 August 1960

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd · Captain · Neutralist paratroop commander · Vientiane

Leads a coup calling for neutrality as Laos becomes central to the wider Vietnam War

Titles and roles

Captain · Neutralist commander · Captain · Neutralist paratroop commander

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.