500+ 219 | Dates 22 Nov 1963 – 23 Nov 1963 | |
Unknown, 7 bodies left behind 41 killed, 120 wounded, 32 missing and 2 captured Result Vietcong and North Vietnam victory Combatants South Vietnam, Viet Cong, United States of America Similar Battle of Suoi Bong Trang, Battle of Gang Toi, Operation Shed Light, Battle of Suoi Chau Pha, Operation Chenla II | ||
The Battle of Hiep Hoa was a minor battle of the Vietnam War. On the night of November 22, 1963, an estimated 500 Vietcong fighters overrun the Hiep Hoa Special Forces Camp, resulting in four American personnel MIA. South Vietnamese commando units and the American special operation forces resisted heavily using machine guns but were overwhelmed by the arrival of a NVA mortar unit. It was the first CIDG camp to be overrun during the war. Isaac Camacho, one of the four missing Americans, later became the first American to escape from a Vietcong POW camp.
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