Battle of Ap Bau Bang

Battle of Ap Bau Bang
Part of Vietnam War
Battle of Ap Bau Bang, 12 November 1965
Date 12 November 1965 Location Bau Bang, Bình Dương Province, South Vietnam 11°11′42″N 106°37′01″E / 11.195°N 106.617°E / 11.195; 106.617 Result See Aftermath
Belligerents
United States	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. George Shuffer	Senior Col. Hoàng Cầm
Units involved
2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment Troop A 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Artillery Regiment	272nd Regiment 273rd Regiment
Casualties and losses
20 killed VC claim: 2,000 killed or wounded 39 tanks and 8 artillery pieces destroyed	U.S. body count: 146 killed 50 presumed killed VC claim: 109 killed

The Battle of Ap Bau Bang (Vietnamese: trận Bàu Bàng) took place on the morning of 12 November 1965 when two regiments from the Viet Cong (VC) 9th Division attacked a night defensive position of the United States 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (2/2nd Infantry) at a small village (ấp) of Bàu Bàng, in today's Bàu Bàng district, 25 km north of Thủ Dầu Một.