Trần Văn Hai

Brigadier General Trần Văn Hai (1927 – April 30, 1975) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

On 2 June Hai was onboard a United States Army UH-1 gunship that was firing rockets at VC positions.

One of the rockets misfired and hit a South Vietnamese command group at the Thuong Phuoc High School, killing Saigon police chief Lieutenant colonel Nguyễn Van Luân, port director of Saigon Lieutenant colonel Pho Quoc Chu, 5th Ranger Group commander Nguyễn Van Phuoc and 4 other officers, all allies of Prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.

[1] On 8 June 1968 Thiệu appointed him as director general of the Republic of Vietnam National Police, replacing Nguyễn Ngọc Loan.

[2][usurped] His motives are unknown, but according to NY Times, General Hai feared persecution due to the humiliation of surrendering to VC divisions outside at the NH4 (now National Route 1A).