1st Division (Vietnam)
1st Infantry Division | |
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Active | 1965-1974 |
Allegiance | Vietnam |
Branch | People's Army of Vietnam |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Colonel Nguyễn Hữu An |
The 1st Infantry Division was a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed from PAVN units in 1965.
Vietnam War
The Division was formed on 20 December 1965 from the PAVN 32nd, 33rd, 66th and 320th Regiment was under the control of the PAVN B3 Front in the Central Highlands.[1]: 156 [2]
The Division's 33rd and 66th Regiments were engaged in the Battle of Ia Drang from 14-18 November 1965, losing 1070-1753 killed.[2]: 145–50
The Division was the target of Operation Paul Revere from 10 May to 1 August 1966, losing 546 killed and 68 captured.[2]: 289–93
The Division's 33rd Regiment and the Viet Cong 95B and 101C Regiments were the target of Operation Paul Revere IV from 20 October to 30 December 1966, losing an estimated 120 killed.[3]
The Division and the 10th Division were the target of Operation Sam Houston from 12 February to 5 April 1967, losing 733 killed.[3]: 167–77
The Division was the target of Operation Francis Marion from 6 April to 11 October 1967, losing 1,530 killed.[3]: 287–309
The Division was engaged in the Battle of Dak To from 3 to 23 November 1967.[4]
During the
In August 1968 as part of the
In 1969 the Division, now comprising the 95C, 101C and 209th Regiments, was sent to the Mekong Delta area.[1]: 243
During the Easter Offensive in southern Cambodia and the Mekong Delta the Division was the only full PAVN division engaged in the fighting. The Division suffered heavy losses in the fighting at Kompong Trach, Cambodia from 22 March to the end of April and then was unable to achieve its objectives in the Mekong Delta.[5]: 143–53
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.
- ^ ISBN 0-7006-1175-4.
- ^ ISBN 9781519302137.
- ^ ISBN 9780160495403.
- ^ ISBN 9780160942808.
- ^ Ngo, Quang Truong (1980). The Easter Offensive of 1972 (PDF). U.S. Army Center of Military History. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 13, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.