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Battle of Hiep Hoa

 
Wikipedia: Battle of Hiep Hoa
Battle of Hiep Hoa
Part of Vietnam War
Date November 22, 1963
Location Hiep Hoa, South Vietnam

UTM Grid XT 443-065[1]

Result Viet Cong victory
Belligerents
FNL Flag.svg Viet Cong Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam
Strength
500+ 219
Casualties and losses
Unknown, 7 bodies left behind 41 killed, 120 wounded, 32 missing and 2 captured

The Battle of Hiep Hoa was a minor battle of the Vietnam War. On the night of November 22, 1963, an estimated 500 Viet Cong soldiers overrun the Hiep Hoa Special Forces Camp, resulting in four American personnel MIA.[1] It was the first CIDG camp to be overrun during the war. Isaac Camacho, one of the four missing Americans, would later become the first American to escape from a VC POW camp.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Kelley, Michael P. (2002). Where We Were In Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 5–219. ISBN 1-55571-625-3. 
  2. ^ Morin, Eddie (June 2000). "Isaac "Ike" Camacho: Escaped from Captivity During the Vietnam War". Vietnam Magazine. http://www.historynet.com/magazines/vietnam/3026631.html. Retrieved 2007-04-22. 


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