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Battle of Ia Drang
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Battle of Ia Drang Valley
Part of the Vietnam War
(Operation Silver Bayonet I, Pleiku Campaign 1965)

U.S. Army soldiers air-lifted into LZ X-Ray.
DateNovember 14–18, 1965
(5 days)
Location
13°35′N 107°43′E / 13.583°N 107.717°E / 13.583; 107.717 Chu Pong-Ia Drang complex,[2] Central Highlands, South Vietnam
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
 United States
Supported by:
 South Vietnam[1]		 Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Richard T. Knowles 1st Air Cavalry Division Fwd CP[3]: 210 
Tim Brown 3rd Air Cavalry Brigade[3]: 202 
Harold G. Moore, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry
Robert McDade, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
Robert B. Tully, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry		 Nguyễn Hữu An B3 Field Front Fwd CP[4]
Phạm Công Cửu 66th Regiment Deputy Cmdr
Lã Ngọc Châu 7/66
Lê Xuân Phôi 8/66 †
Nguyễn Văn Định 9/66
Units involved

United States 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)

  • 3rd Brigade:[5]
    • 1st Bn, 7th Cavalry
    • 2nd Bn, 7th Cavalry
  • 2nd Brigade:[5]
    • 2nd Bn, 5th Cavalry

1st Battalion, 21st Artillery

3AC Fleet/SAC[7]

Vietnam 33rd Regiment:

  • 1st Battalion
  • 3rd Battalion

Vietnam 66th Regiment:

  • 7th Battalion
  • 8th Battalion
  • 9th Battalion
Strength
Total: ~1,000 U.S. cavalry troops[8] and ~900 ARVN troops[9]
Two batteries of artillery[6]
Elements of multiple aircraft and helicopter support units flew 740 CAS sorties, along with 5 B-52 missions with 96 sorties[6]

Total: ~2,500 troops[10]

Separate 12.7 mm anti-aircraft gun and mortar units[6]
Casualties and losses
 United States: 237 killed, 258 wounded, and 4 missing (~50% of troop strength)
 South Vietnam 132 killed, 248 wounded, and 18 missing[11]		 U.S. claimed: 1,037–1,745 killed
PAVN report: 554 killed and 669 wounded (~49% of troop strength)[12]
See Casualties section