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Battle of Loc Ninh 13-16 September 1968. By August 1968, the 7th PAVN Division in the north had recovered enough from its Tet casualties to resume operations in War Zone D. Various indicators that month had revealed increased NVA activity in the areas north and east of Loc Ninh, and minor enemy scrapes with ARVN and US units sweeping the area ...
The First Battle of Loc Ninh took place during the Vietnam War that occurred between 29 October and 7 November 1967, fought by the Viet Cong, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), Civilian Irregular Defense Group and the United States Army. The battle was part of the Operation Shenandoah II campaign.
The Battle of Lộc Ninh was a major battle fought during the Easter Offensive during the Vietnam War, which took place in Bình Long Province, South Vietnam between 4 and 7 April 1972.
The Battle of Loc Ninh, October 28–November 7, 1967. SUMMARY: On the evening of October 29, 1967, U.S. Army soldiers assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division – leading a contingent of Montagnard local forces – worked to secure a helicopter landing zone in a small clearing of the Loc Ninh Rubber Plantation.
The First Battle of Loc Ninh took place during the Vietnam War that occurred between 29 October and 7 November 1967, fought by the Viet Cong, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), Civilian Irregular Defense Group and the United States Army.
Events leading up to the battle of Loc Ninh included the engagement of the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, with elements of the 271st Viet Cong Regiment at Da Yeu, fifty-five kilometers south of the Loc Ninh airstrip. This firefight clearly demonstrates fire support in Vietnam.
October 29, 1967. Overview. Elements of the Viet Cong 9th Division attack a CIDG and Special Forces camp near Loc Ninh, a district town near the Cambodian border in the northern part of III Corps. Multiple battalions of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, using helicopters for rapid movement, deploy to defend the camp and its adjoining airfield.
