Ben Het Camp

Ben Het Camp
(Ben Het Airfield)
 
Kon Tum, Central Highlands in Vietnam
CO of Team A-244, watches as members of 3rd Battery, 14th Artillery perform a fire mission, 4 November 1969
Ben Het Camp is located in Vietnam
Ben Het Camp
Ben Het Camp
Shown within Vietnam
Coordinates14°41′19″N 107°39′40″E / 14.68861°N 107.66111°E / 14.68861; 107.66111
TypeArmy Base
Site information
OperatorArmy of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
United States Army (U.S. Army)
ConditionAbandoned
Site history
Built1966 (1966)
Built byCompany C, 299th Engineer Battalion
In use1966-1973 (1973)
Battles/wars
Vietnam War
Battle of Ben Het
Battle of Kontum
Garrison information
Garrison5th Special Forces Group
85th Border Rangers
22nd Division
Airfield information
Elevation2,198 feet (670 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
13/31 1,500 feet (457 m) M8A1 SSP

Ben Het Camp (also known as Ben Het Special Forces Camp, Ben Het Ranger Camp and FSB Ben Het) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Kon Tum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The camp was notable for being the site of a tank battle between the U.S. Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), one of the few such encounters during the Vietnam War.


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