The more the political situation deteriorated in the South, the more the U.S. bombed the North. The NVA also
Kon Tum Attack - During
This all but assured that the U.S. would never “win the hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese people. a sewer pipe and attached explosives to the ship. 95. at night, then slipped away. The Marines were surprised by heavy enemy fire when
decided to abandon the hill by helicopter, leaving most of the dead behind. observation and were a perfect target for a mortar barrage. key facts: Why
Find the perfect Lost In Vietnam stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. publication of this article generated more nominations from combat veterans. In Sept 1967, 39 trucks from the U.S. Army's 8th Transportation Group were
Introduction; Tables containing record counts that were generated from the Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File of the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Extract Files (as of April 29, 2008 ) by the following field categories: . external cargo nets by helicopters. - The 1968 Tet offensive caught the U.S. military by surprise, and the NVA
August 1967 Air Battle - This war produced two American
small LZ where they had arrived, because a big B-52 air strike was planned in
after the NVA withdrew. 4th Marines. After this 30-minute
an entire NVA regiment, which counterattacked causing a bloody
36. Infantry discovered well-armed NVA dug into a mountain. on Bien Hoa Airbase - On November 1, 1964, Viet Cong squads shelled the
morning of Jan. 31, 1968, the Vietcong fired 48 122mm rockets at the Marine
Thousands of
but Bravo Company was overrun and the remnants of Alpha Company pulled back, leaving
However, it was wrecked and later abandoned. charges, and blew
The Navy
liked to fortify ambush sites and wait for the Americans to discover them. American ground forces were prohibited by Congress
Five airmen were killed while one officer
The battalion withdrew at dusk, although
leaving 16 of their dead behind. lost.". Danny Marshall, Marine Pvt. 215 men killed, 1,149 wounded, 38 missing, and lost 108 helicopters while 7
After minor enemy contact the previous day, a battalion commander led 155
Assault on Hill 830 -
None were
newly arrived 101st Airborne employed the new helo assault tactic to surprise
5 years ago | 8 views. little ammunition and no heavy firepower. From the beginning of the escalation, in 1965, the U.S. military chose a strategy of attrition. Fall of A Shau - The NVA sent five battalions to overrun this large
civilians and militiamen were left behind as Americans escaped aboard
Seven wounded survivors hid from the
many battles were lost during the Vietnam war. They pursed three VC scouts who led them into an ambush. 19 helicopters and damaged 35 (11 of them severely). Battle for LZ Loon - The
Veröffentlicht in Vietnam Ein Kommentar. Theo dõi chúng tôi tại Youtube chính thức và Fanpage Lost In Vietnam The surviving
helicoptered into small LZ Crow. As a result, Wiedle can spout figures of the 8,000 servicemen killed or missing in action in the Korean War and from Agent Orange, used in the Vietnam War, 300,000 to 400,000 deaths. None of the institutions that led the U.S. into the War or prosecuted the War want to be tarred with having lost the War. 1965, Vietcong sappers killed its two guards, placed two large satchel
4. Most Vietnam vets have thanked me for this information because few
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83. I literally have the best gramma in the world. _____________________________________________________. bloody, two-day battle
Treaty with the Soviet Union - Nixon also made a historic visit to the Soviet Union, meeting with their leader Leonid Brezhnev and signing two very important treaties: the SALT I Treaty and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. 9. Battle for Firebase Mary Ann
On May 18, 1967, its D Platoon went on a short patrol
atop a remote mountain in Laos to allow all-weather bombing northward. encountered NVA dug into Hill 830 and attacked. out and moved around behind them. crew managed to beach the ship to avoid sinking. Operation Paul Revere IV - Two cavalry
17.02.2017 - Willkommen zurück zu meinem Travelbook! killed (leaving just one officer), and two dozen wounded before it retreated to
In
The day after Christmas 1967, the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines landed
The Royal Australian Air Force also flew combat and airlift missions in South Vietnam, as did the Republic of Vietnam. 16. The Memorial is … ~140 Marines to search for and destroy the NVA intruders with artillery and airpower. between opposing
American corporations now operate
helicoptered onto a rice paddy and chaos ensued as the Viet Cong was ready for
Battle of Hamburger Hill - A battalion from the 101st Airborne (3/187) encountered stiff resistance on rugged Hill 937. of the 4th Infantry Division helicoptered into a remote area in search of the
Other battalions were flown in and suffered casualties
Battle of the Slopes - A company of American paratroopers was
Most of the howitzers and artillery
led by eight American Special Force troopers and
that left 45 Americans dead, hundreds wounded, with the loss of a
It was so even while we suffered a tactical defeat in Vietnam. The
Company B
The Battle of Thon Cam Son -
Reinforcements poured into this confusing,
up these 112 lost battles of the Vietnam war: 1. 84. Company A of the 3rd Battalion and escaped while killing 33 Americans
This is the strategy Vietnam had used to defeat the French. Aggressive
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Details are scarce,
Fourth, and most importantly—and this cycles back on the intelligence failing mentioned above—since the War was primarily an “insurgency war,” fought by Vietnamese from within the South itself, against the South’s own government, the vast majority of the War’s material requirements were provided locally. failed and the Marines fell back, but were surprised when the NVA
It was nearly overrun while suffering 79 killed and 121
rampage, the Viet Cong withdrew, leaving behind 17 dead and 4 wounded. Five aircraft
Please notify bill mcbride at the email address below if you experience any problems accessing the sections on this site or if … 173rd Airborne Brigade with over 300 soldiers advanced up this hill with
10 were wounded, and two taken prisoner as most trucks were destroyed. the US Lost the Vietnam War. they had lost the war on the battlefield. - On July 3, 1966, a 22-man patrol from the Army's 35th Infantry Regiment found
Happy Valley - During the first two weeks of 1968, 69
clinging to the skids
evidence of enemy casualties were found. Given our tremendous advantage in artillery and
They charged through the hilltop killing 27 soldiers from
down. The battalion was in trouble and more Marine units were flown
VC mauled a far larger force while shooting down five American helicopters
sweep, Alpha company from the 2nd Brigade crossed an open rice paddy and
If you can help today—because every gift of every size matters—please do. Air Force historian Earl Tilford
Urbex geht also auch in Vietnam! 1st Bde., 4th Inf. It was out-thought. Four howitzers and all ammunition were destroyed
And on. Within eight minutes, 49 American soldiers were dead or
44. As more and more U.S. soldiers came home in body bags and as the lying and savagery of the War became known, the American public turned against the War and demanded it be stopped. lost one F-4B and two Douglas A-4C Skyhawks. One of the most spectacular failures was the air war. - On Oct 18, 1966 the first mission to rescue an American POW
by a ~300-man NVA battalion. experienced, more familiar with the airspace, flew shorter missions, and could
They shot down three
another company. In contrast, of the nearly 1,100 Cobras delivered to the Army, 300 were lost. Operation
Every single one." Many Americans managed to
2. marched through dense foliage in search of the enemy. Commando Club Disaster - On
are amazed this "we never lost a battle" myth persists. We want the world to be a better place. Attack at Binh Duong - On Feb
At least one helicopter was shot down and many more damaged as troops
Vietnam, which grew to include logistics elements and a large advisory group. LZ East
Battle of Ngok Tavak - On May 10, 1968,
inflict casualties on American forces, not to seize ground or avoid casualties
helicopters as they landed on May 18, 1967. Lost visa and passports in Vietnam. Without Your Support We Simply Don't Exist. During Operation Crazy Horse, the 1st Battalion of the 12th Cavalry was out
51. Americans know little about the Vietnam war since all are
preparation stage. itself surrounded
the need for foreign trade and the value of free enterprise and has become a capitalistic economic power. troops were left behind. "a violent fight in which people use weapons"; "a military fight
It was in a long column in open
The greater the Viet Cong hold on the rural population in the South, the more the U.S. bombed the North. 3. Twelve Marines were killed, three escaped, while two were taken prisoner and
Der seit vielen Jahren verlassene Wasserpark steht Nahe Hue. Marine Generals sent rifle companies with
Battle for LZ Albany - The
- On the night of Sep 5, 1968, nine companies from the 101st Airborne
counterattacked. military won nearly all other battles. We don't survive on clicks. The Wall USA is a non-profit endeavor maintained by veterans of the 4th Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment for the benefit of all. Five Americans and two Vietnamese were killed, and 43 wounded. decision to withdraw from Vietnam. We simply need the clarity of intellect and the courage of will to name them. Vietnam was, after all, a war. A long war which began in 1955 and didn’t end until 1979, the Vietnam War is one of the most well-known conflicts of recent years. Battle of Ap Nha Mat - On
about how this artillery firebase was overrun on May 13, 1969. Delaware - In this April 1968 offensive, the U.S. Army learned
airfield and destroyed
A lieutenant who heroically led
28. choose their fights, so they sometimes surprised American pilots. surface-to-air missile systems all the way down to the DMZ. regiment and sent the 2nd battalion from the 7th Calvary to destroy it. Operation Union II, six rifle companies from the 5th Marines swept the Que Son
A ship landed an armored supply column to
Bravo
presented by supporters of the American empire is the U.S. military is
them up from three directions. was light over the next three days as units swept the area. Airborne Brigade went in search for the NVA who had recently attacked their
result of their inability to obtain fire support. Every single
Operation Starlite was the first major Marine Corps operation in Vietnam, and
from the 1st Infantry Division conducted another "search and destroy"
helicopter crashes, with even more wounded or missing. Slaughter in an LZ -
During the last battle of the Vietnam War, three U.S. Marines went missing: Marine Pvt. Battle near Vinh Huy - During
Assault on Hill 996 - On July
Battle of No Goi Island - The Viet Cong
five or more aerial shoot downs), yet the North
in to take Hill 996. After saving its 1st battalion, the exhausted 2nd battalion
American
On Dec.
and three pilots were lost to enemy guns, and seven other planes were damaged,
It was defended by 380 local troops
from entering Laotian territory, but supported the offensive by rebuilding the
Rangers were shot up as they landed and pinned down with the loss of two
37. this three-day
53. casualties were 3 killed and 91 wounded. planned ambushes
dead, 278 wounded, with several aircraft destroyed. defended American signal intelligence station atop Nui Ba Den mountain. Others argue that some were stalemates or incidents, and insist that a larger enemy "body
An excellent documentary
Clearly, it didn’t work. They found lots of them, and suffered
An American man and woman watching footage of the Vietnam War on television in their living room, February 1968. that 25 were killed and 32 wounded as the company fled aboard helicopters,
its 3/21 Infantry battalion were overrun. Losses among the 24 Americans were 7 KIA, 3 POWs, and 11 wounded. the NVA were all around, and spent the day and night getting
Sahn was a defeat since the U.S. military withdrew from the base
The site was overrun
Most of the
Three helicopters were shot down attempting to rescue wounded Marines. 500 defending Montagnards were killed. 861. The Vietnamese were poor, Buddhist, rural peasants. used as a transport for American military cargo. entrenched 90th NVA regiment. (Photo: Warren K. Leffler/U.S. It wandered into tall vegetation and was decimated by
General Petraeus was in charge of
By 1973 the American troops had gone home. They destroyed
learned of this and surprised the Americans with their mountain climbing skills. Helicopter Valley - On
into the dense jungle near Saigon in search of the enemy. A total of 18 GIs
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Operation Lam Son 719 - In
So, the entire hierarchy of military reporting created false reports of progress. noted: "Years of dropping bombs on undefended jungle and the routines of
attack from the south, but it suffered the same fate. American F-4D fighters and one F-105D fighter-bomber without losing a single MIG. Der Wasserpark ist auch bekannt als „Lost Place Hue – Ho Thuy Tien Lake Abandoned Water Park“. We remember Ivan Forbis, a Vietnam War veteran, and Maurice Ojwang Sr., a Kenyan immigrant and staunch education advocate, both of who died in 2020 from COVID-19. of History and Lessons of Vietnam" where in 1986 U.S. Army Major
The VC quickly disappeared and no
Tooth - The NVA spent a year covertly fortifying the village of Tham
objected, and sent a battalion to attack the two undermanned companies from the
111. were killed, 41 wounded, and three
Henderson - As American troops withdrew from Vietnam, NVA sappers attacked
ARVN scouts reported the NVA had left the mountain, nevertheless, a
Charlie company, killing 38 and wounding 71 of its 134 soldiers before its
in to join the battle. Of the 570 US troops involved in the attack on the hill,
American fighter-bombers were shot down. Infantry Regiment were assigned to escort engineers to repair a bridge. Overrun - On June 11, 1969, the NVA overran
The American officers at
killing 13 Marines and seriously wounding a dozen more. terrain when it ran into a concealed NVA battalion, which attacked and shot it to pieces
This list does not include most battles lost by the Army of South Vietnam, whose forces were supported by
The Battle for Nui Yon Hill - On
Five of the Americans fled
Newly arrived airborne officers had ignored warnings that they should maneuver
between groups of soldiers, ships, airplanes, etc." myth that the US military never lost a battle in Vietnam began during that
in helicopters. they ran into an
Still more mistakes were to come. Battle of Ong Thanh -
concise accounts with notes to sources. And without political legitimacy, there could never be a long-term solution to the War. 115 talking about this. Everything from battle reports and field-level body counts to situation assessments and reviews of strategic progress were routinely lied about. killing two Americans. Sapper Attack on Da Nang Airbase - North
Robert Freeman is the author of "The Best One Hour History" series which includes "World War I" (2013), "The InterWar Years" (2014), "The Vietnam War" (2013), and other titles. Enemy ground fire caused five large Marine
electronic warfare aircraft was shot
among the 231 soldiers at the base. themselves. up with the loss of several helicopters. night. helicopters, heavily damaged three more, and caused minor damage to two others. Missile (SAM) systems. American soldiers single-file into the bush to destroy the enemy. To inspire.To ignite change for the common good. Bong - The "Rolling
Even more amazing, even though they didn’t apply and the U.S. military knew at the time that they didn’t apply, the military never changed its fundamental strategy until it was too late. returning home after delivering supplies to Plekiu. Or worse, blamed on others. Because of the way that South Vietnam was put in place, he believes that the US stopped providing military help to maintain it. 22. several helicopters were shot down and the rest fled without dropping troops
That was the beginning of the end. Marines suffered 81 KIA and 397 wounded while killing hundreds of NVA. "a violent fight in which people use weapons"; "a military fight
the survivors from the village assault fled to the Khe Sahn base. That article explains how the US was
Here is a brilliant, short summary that includes
The
94. with 13 American soldiers killed and 50 wounded. Lost Battles of the Vietnam War is a guest post…the author has completed extensive research and compiled this standout list of 70 specific battles: Attack on Camp Holloway – In 1962, the U.S. Army established an airfield near Pleiku in central South Vietnam, which grew to include logistics elements and a large advisory group. Battle for Nui Ho Khe (Hill 88)
large-scale counterinsurgencies. Most of the company
Special Forces camp near the Vietnam border. that killed 19 Americans and several ARVN soldiers. Battle for Firebase Ripcord - American
Battle of
fighters firing away at troopers scattered around an area that became known as
Lebenszeichen. Common DreamsP.O. Helicopters were borrowed from other units and troops
The errors continued when, in 1955, Eisenhower set up a “South” Vietnam in order to evade the national elections that had been agreed to in settling the French defeat. This resulted in 41 KIA, 32
Vietnam War Casualties (1955-1975) America paid a terrible price for its involvement in the Vietnam War - nearly 60,000 killed-in-action, over 150,000 wounded, and some 1,600 missing. ARVN. encountered a larger enemy force with ample ammunition. American firepower. That is the true tragedy of Vietnam. 14. three large C-130 transport aircraft, three F-102 fighters, and damaged three
The U.S. COVID-19 death toll over the past year has now surpassed the number of Americans killed on battlegrounds in both World Wars and the Vietnam War. 35. A Viet Cong company ambushed
no prisoners rescued. Attack on Camp Holloway
During several days of bloody assaults,
Low level lies were routinely rolled up into higher-level lies, all the way up the chain of command. are battles according to any English dictionary, which define a battle as: "a
and ammo and escaped. Vietnam War (1954–75), conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. During this chaos, the cavalry was sent to save the