Phạm Phú Quốc

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Phạm. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Phú Quốc.
Phạm Phú Quốc
Born(1935-10-20)October 20, 1935
Da Nang, Indochinese Federation
DiedApril 19, 1965(1965-04-19) (aged 29)
Hà Tĩnh Province, North Vietnam
Allegiance South Vietnam
Branch Republic of Vietnam Air Force
Service years1954–1965
RankColonel (posthumously)
Unit23rd Tactical Air Wing
Commands23rd Tactical Air Squadron
Bien Hoa Air Base
ConflictsVietnam War

Phạm Phú Quốc (October 20, 1935 – April 19, 1965) was a French-trained South Vietnamese fighter pilot and lieutenant in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, best known for being one of two mutinous pilots involved in the 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing on February 27, 1962, which aimed to assassinate President Ngô Đình Diệm and his immediate family, who were his political advisers.

His plan failed, and he was imprisoned until 1963, after Diệm's assassination. The coup plotters released him and reinstated his rank.

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