Battle of Xa Cam My

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Battle of Xa Cam My
Part of the Vietnam War
"C" Company 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry board a CH-47, 2 April 1966
Date April 11–12, 1966 Location Xa Cam My, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam Result Viet Cong claim victory
Belligerents
United States	Viet Cong
Units involved
Company C, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment Detachment 6, 38th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron	D800 Battalion
Casualties and losses
36 killed	US body count: 41 killed 80 estimated killed

The Battle of Xa Cam My was fought over two days from April 11–12, 1966, 10 miles (16 km) south of the village of Cam My in Phuoc Tuy Province, during the Vietnam War.^[1] Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the "crack" Viet Cong (VC) D800 Battalion, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment soon found itself fighting for survival in the rubber plantations of Cam My village, approximately 42 miles (68 km) east of Saigon. During this battle 134 men of Charlie Company, 2/16th Infantry were ambushed by the VC and 80 percent became casualties.