Luo was born in
Dabu County, Guangdong in 1896. He entered the
Baoding Military Academy in 1918. After graduating in 1922, he returned to his hometown to teach. He joined the
National Revolutionary Army in 1924 and participated in the
Northern Expedition. After the end of the Northern Expedition, Luo became the commander of the 11th Division and became acquainted with
Chen Cheng. In 1933, Luo became commander of the 5th Army and deputy commander of the 18th Army, and was sent to
Jiangxi to participate in the
Chinese Civil War. He was promoted to lieutenant general and became commander of the 18th Division in 1935. After the beginning of the
Second Sino-Japanese War, Luo served as the commander of the 16th Corps, the commander-in-chief of the 15th Army Group, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Army Group, and participated in the
Battle of Shanghai, the
Battle of Nanking, the
Battle of Wuhan and the
1939–40 Winter Offensive. In 1942, Luo Zhuoying became the commander-in-chief of the
Chinese Expeditionary Force and led the force in assisting the Allied defense against the
Japanese invasion of Burma. After the Allied forces were expelled from Burma in 1942, Luo led the withdrawal to British India. While in India, he oversaw the training of the Chinese forces there. He became deputy commander-in-chief of the
3rd War Zone in 1943. Luo served as governor of Guangdong from 1945 to 1947. He was then sent to
Northeast China to take up a position, but the large communist presence there meant the political situation was unstable. He later went to Taiwan to serve as an advisor to the
Presidential Office. In 1961, Luo died of diabetes in Taipei at the age of 65. ==References==