Tet offensive attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh | |||||||
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Part of the Tet offensive of the Vietnam War | |||||||
Tet offensive attack on Long Binh and Bien Hoa, 31 January 1968 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam |
Viet Cong North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
LG Frederick C. Weyand Col. Frederic E. Davison General Lê Nguyên Khang |
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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 |
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.
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