HÃ a thÆ á '' # ng ThÃ ch Quá # ng Ä á '' c ( 1897-June 11 , 1963 ) was a Buddist Monk from Há '' i KhÃ nh , French Indochina who burned himself to death while sitting in a intersection . HÃ a thÆ á '' # ng ThÃ ch Quá # ng Ä á '' c ; born LÃ cents m VÄ n Tá '' c ( 1897 â `` 11 June 1963 ) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963 .