Tet offensive attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh

Tet offensive attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh
Part of the Tet offensive of the Vietnam War
Tet offensive attack on Long Binh and Bien Hoa, 31 January 1968
Date 31 January – 2 February 1968 Location Bien Hoa, Bien Hoa Air Base and Long Binh Post, South Vietnam 10°58′37″N 106°49′55″E / 10.977°N 106.832°E / 10.977; 106.832 Result US/South Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
United States  South Vietnam	Viet Cong North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
LG Frederick C. Weyand Col. Frederic E. Davison General Lê Nguyên Khang
Units involved
199th Light Infantry Brigade 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division 720th Military Police Battalion III Corps Headquarters 5th Division 53rd Regional Force Battalion 3rd Ranger Group	5th Division 274th Regiment 275th Regiment Bien Hoa Sapper Company[1] 84A Artillery Regiment
Casualties and losses
11 killed	527 killed[2]: 352  47 captured[3]

The attacks on Biên Hòa, Bien Hoa Air Base and Long Binh Post, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968 and continued until 2 February 1968. The attacks by Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces were one of several major attacks around Saigon in the first days of the Tet offensive. The attacks were repulsed with the PAVN/VC suffering heavy losses, having inflicted minimal damage on the bases.