What the records say
- When
- 22 Nov 1963
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 10.91° N, 106.32° E
- Description
- 1963 battle of the Vietnam war
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Battle of Hiep Hoa
1963 battle of the Vietnam war
The Battle of Hiệp Hòa was a minor battle of the Vietnam War. On the night of November 22, 1963, an estimated 500 Viet Cong (VC) fighters overran the Hiệp Hòa Special Forces Camp, resulting in four American personnel missing. South Vietnamese commando units and the American Special Forces resisted heavily using machine guns but were overwhelmed by the arrival of a People's Army of Vietnam mortar unit.
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