Battle of Hồng Ngự
Battle of Hồng Ngự | |
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Part of the Hồng Ngự, South Vietnam | |
Result | Allied victory |
United States
36 missing
The Battle of Hồng Ngự took place from March to 4 May 1973 when North Vietnamese forces attacked the border town of
Background
Since the
The US and South Vietnamese were determined to keep the convoys moving and the Khmer Republic alive, while the PAVN was determined to stop them. The South Vietnamese also sought to prevent PAVN main force incursions and infiltration of supplies and men into South Vietnam and the PAVN sought to keep its lines of communication open through Cambodia and into South Vietnam.[1]
The river town of Hồng Ngự, where the Hồng Ngự tributary flows into the Mekong River, became the focal point of the PAVN's attacks to clear impediments to infiltration and interdict the Mekong convoys as they moored at the
Battle
In March the PAVN concentrated the 174th and 207th Regiments,
In mid-April the
Aftermath
By 4 May the fighting had reduced to intermittent small contacts and light shellings. 422 PAVN dead had been counted, while ARVN casualties were 94 killed and 36 missing. Civilian casualties in the action were by far the highest since the ceasefire, over 300, of which 80 were killed by PAVN artillery. Almost 300 houses were destroyed by PAVN fire. In the second week of April alone 123 122mm rockets hit Hồng Ngự.[1]: 45
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.
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