Background and History Born November 19 1908in Hunan Province and died June 3 1969. Promoted to General of the Army in 1955 (Equivalent to 4 Stars).

Activities in Korean War In April 1950, Xu Guangda was appointed as the commander and political commissar of the Chinese People's Liberation Army armored units. In January 1951, he inspected the Korean War front-line. After returning to China, he organized the tanks of Chinese People's Volunteers Force, which entered into combat afterwards. In September 1959, he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of Defense of the People's Republic of China. In February 1967, Kang Sheng, Lin Biao, and He Long were engaged in a mutiny. Xu Guangda was charged as "mutiny Chief of General Staff." In January 16, 1967, the rebels searched the house of Xu Guang, and then illegally detained him. In June 1969, Xu died at the age of 61 years through eighteen months of trial, persecution,. In June 3, 1977, the Central Military Commission, issued on the 6th file to prove his innocence.