Battle of Lima Site 85

When

10 Mar 1968 – 11 Mar 1968

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

20.45° N, 103.71° E

Description

1968 battle waged during the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam

1968 Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War battle

The Battle of Lima Site 85, also called Battle of Phou Pha Thi, was fought as part of a military campaign waged during the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Pathet Lao, against airmen of the United States Air Force (USAF)'s 1st Combat Evaluation Group, elements of the Royal Lao Army, Royal Thai Border Patrol Police, and the CIA-led Hmong Clandestine Army…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, the largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during the (at this time) secret war later…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “attaque de la base de Lima Site 85. La station radar américaine est détruite le 11 mars”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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