10th Division (Vietnam)

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10th Infantry Division
Active1972-present
Allegiance Vietnam
BranchPeople's Army of Vietnam
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision

The 10th Infantry Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed in September 1972.

Vietnam War

The division was formed on 20 September 1972 from the 28th, 66th and 95th Infantry Regiments.[1]: 306 

The division was under the control of the B3 Front.[2] The 95B Regiment was one of the units targeted in Operation Paul Revere IV from 20 October to 30 December 1966. Following the operation the 95B Regiment was rendered combat ineffective.[2]: 69–76 

From 8 June to 16 September 1973 the division fought the Battle of Trung Nghia against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 23rd Division. Prisoners captured by the ARVN at Trung Nghia stated that they had suffered losses of 30 percent on the whole, and that in some units with considerable sickness casualty rates were as high as 60 percent.[3]

On 15 May 1974 the Division's 28th Regiment and the 95th Regiment, 325th Division overran Dak Pek Camp.[1]: 353 

During the

1975 Spring Offensive, as a diversion for the attack on Ban Me Thuot, the division attacked Duc Lap Camp on 9 March, capturing the base the next day. The PAVN claim to have captured over 100 prisoners, 14 artillery pieces and 20 tanks and armored personnel carriers.[1]: 369  On 10 March the Division's 24th Regiment participated in the attack on Ban Me Thuot.[1]: 371  On 13 March the Division's 28th and 66th Regiments arrived by truck from Duc Lap and joined the attack.[1]: 373  The 24th Regiment supported by tanks attacked the ARVN 45th Regiment, 23rd Division on Hill 581 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Phung Duc scattering them, killing over 200 soldiers and ending the hopes for a counterattack to retake Ban Me Thuot.[1]: 374  On 16 March the 24th Regiment and 8th battalion, 66th Regiment overran the Nong Trai intersection held by the ARVN 45th Regiment and the next the 24th and 28th Regiments assaulted down Route 21 overrunning the ARVN 44th Regiment and Regional Force units.[1]: 374  The division continued its advance down Route 21 attacking the ARVN 40th Regiment 22nd Division and Regional Forces and capturing Khanh Duong by 24 March.[1]
: 377 

On 29 March 1975 the PAVN formed

Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) reconnaissance aircraft observed the movement of the division, Phan Rang based A-37s began attacking the column, destroying 6 river-crossing vehicles on 10 April, 5 trucks on 11 April, 7 trucks on 12 April and 9 trucks on 13 April.[4]
: 371–2 

By mid-April the lead elements of 3rd Corps were located at

81st Ranger Group defending the base heard of the surrender broadcast of President Dương Văn Minh and withdrew from the base gates and at 11:30 the division entered the base.[4]
: 490–1 

References

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