| Xie Jinyuan 謝晉元/谢晋元 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan |
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| Born | 26 April 1905 Jiaoling County, Guangzhou |
| Died | 24 April 1941 |
| Allegiance | Republic of China |
| Years of service | 1925–1941 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 88th Division |
| Commands held | 5th Regiment, 2nd Division 524th Regiment, 88th Division |
| Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun with Grand Cordon, posthumously made Major General |
Xie Jinyuan (traditional Chinese: 謝晉元; simplified Chinese: 谢晋元; pinyin: Xiè Jìnyuán) (26 April 1905 – 24 April 1941)
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Xie got through his several years at Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou, then he serve in the National Revolutionary Army in Shanghai till to death.
Xie graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, Majoring in politics.
Xie is an army of Republic of China In WWII.
Xie married Ling Weicheng (凌維誠) in 1929, and had 2 sons and 2 daughters: Youmin (幼民), Jimin (繼民), Xuefen (雪芬) and Lanfen (蘭芬).
After graduation ,He was assigned to the 5th Regiment(团), 2nd Division（师） as a platoon （排）commander. In 1928 he was promoted to company（连） commander, and in 1929 the division was involved in the defence of Shandong from a Japanese invasion and Xie was badly wounded in the defence. After he recovered he took command of the machine gun battalion （营）of the regiment, and was later promoted to a Major （少校）and transferred as a staffer in the Wuhan HQ. In 1931 he accepted an assignment to the 78th Division of the 19th Route Army, and in October 1930 he was transferred to the 88th as the battalion commander of the Reserve （预备）Regiment, and later served as vice regimental commander and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel（中尉）. From October 1936 he served as chief of staff in the 262nd Brigade（旅）. When he was transferred to the 524th Regiment in October 1937, he was not familiar with any of the men under his command. The 524th Regiment of the 88th Division defended the Sihang Warehouse, in the final phase of the Battle of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Xie Jinyuan was assassinated on 24 April 1941, by Sergeant（中士） He Dingcheng and 3 other of his own troops, who were bought over by Wang Jingwei's collaborationist government. More than 100,000 people turned up for his funeral and he was posthumously made a Major General of the National Revolutionary Army.
Japan fascist started to invaded China from 1931, and then Chinese people had a miserable life, they were trying their best to guard their country. In April 1941, the Japanese had exhausted their power, and so they wanted to control Chinese through part of them, promising high social class and wealth, and Wang Jingwei founded a collaborationist government in Wuhan. But the situation had been getting better and better for Chinese.
Xie Jinyuan's body was interred in a small garden along Singapore Road (now Yao Road) where his bunk used to be. In 1947 the Shanghai city government renamed Jiaoyuan Park, where the soldiers lived, to Jinyuan Park, and renamed an elementary school in the vicinity 12th District Jinyuan National Elementary School. The road to the immediate north of the warehouse was renamed Jinyuan Road. His grave was destroyed by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution.
On 16 April 1983, Xie's grave was moved to the Wanguo Public Mausoleum. In the same year, the barracks area was rebuilt and named Jinyuan Alley. [1] In March 1986 the city council of Xie's hometown, Jiaoling, Guangdong, set up a monument in his honour, and his alma mater Jiankeng Elementary School was renamed Jinyuan Elementary School.