Presidential Guard (South Vietnam)

Insignia.

The Presidential Guard (Vietnamese: Lữ đoàn Liên binh phòng vệ Phủ Tổng thống) was a military unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam that was assigned to personally protect the President of the Republic of Vietnam, the nation-state that existed from 1955 to 1975.

Military actions in which the Presidential Guard defended the head of state

• 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
• 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
• 1963 South Vietnamese coup

See also

• Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• Republic of Vietnam’s Military Forces
• Republic of Vietnam National Police

References

• Vietnam War Bibliography: The ARVN and the RVN