New Year's Day battle of 1968

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New Year's Day battle of 1968
Part of the Vietnam War
Map of the battle of Firebase Burt
Date 1–2 January 1968 Location South Vietnam 11°34′52″N 106°22′19″E / 11.581°N 106.372°E / 11.581; 106.372 Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Viet Cong  North Vietnam
Units involved
2nd and 3rd Battalions, 22nd Infantry Regiment Battery B, 5th Battalion, 2nd Artillery Regiment Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery Regiment Battery D, 71st Artillery Regiment Batteries A and C, 2nd Battalion, 77th Artillery Regiment	271st Regiment and 272nd Regiment, 9th Division
Casualties and losses
23 killed[1]	U.S. body count: 348 killed[1]
class=notpageimage| Location within Vietnam

The New Year's Day battle of 1968 was a military engagement during the Vietnam War in Tây Ninh province that began on the evening of 1 January 1968. It involved units assigned to the U.S. 25th Infantry Division and two regiments of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The battle was known as the Battle of Fire Support Base Burt (Battle of FSB Burt), or the Battle of Suoi Cut.^[2] This is not the same location as Suối Cắt village in northern Vietnam.