Brigadier general Siho Lanphouthacoul was a Laotian military and police officer.
16 Facts About Siho Lamphouthacoul
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Siho Lamphouthacoul used his powers as the National Director of Coordination to build Laotian police forces into a national power.
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Brigadier general Siho Lamphouthacoul Lanphouthacoul was born on Khong Island, in the French Protectorate of Laos.
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Siho Lamphouthacoul's family served in the aristocratic household of the Abhay family.
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In September 1953, Siho Lamphouthacoul joined the French-led Lao National Army as a member of its first reserve officer training class.
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Siho Lamphouthacoul served as Phoumi's aide during a year's training in France.
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In 1958, Siho Lamphouthacoul was selected by Phoumi as his intelligence officer as well as his aide.
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In 1962, Siho Lamphouthacoul raised a third special battalion to bring GMS 1 to regimental size.
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Siho Lamphouthacoul returned from his three months training on 1 May 1963.
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At this, Siho Lamphouthacoul inveigled Kouprasith into a coup, on the grounds that the United States would have to accept their new government.
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Siho Lamphouthacoul confronted Siho and the mutinous Lao officers and informed them that the United States supported Souvanna Phouma; that was the end of the coup.
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In December 1964, Siho Lamphouthacoul seized the socially prominent editor of a Vientiane newspaper, sparking widespread outrage from the military.
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Siho Lamphouthacoul would hold the DNC out of the January 1965 coup activity.
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In June 1966, Siho Lamphouthacoul consulted a fortune teller, who assured him it was safe to return to Laos.
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Siho Lamphouthacoul recrossed the Mekong to Military Region 4 to surrender.
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Siho Lamphouthacoul was imprisoned for three months before being shot while trying to escape.