Type Army In use 1968-72 Year built 1968 | Condition abandoned Battles/wars Vietnam War Occupant 5th Special Forces Group | |
Occupants 5th Special Forces Group | ||
Mai Loc Camp (also known as Firebase Mai Loc) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located west of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.
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History
Mai Loc was located approximately 8 km southwest of Ca Lu Combat Base and 25 km west of Quảng Trị.
The 5th Special Forces Group first established the base here in early 1968.
The 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division comprising:
supported by 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery was based here in October–November 1969.
On 9/10 April 1970 a Company-sized People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) sapper unit attacked Mai Loc resulting in 6 U.S. (including 4 members of the 14th Engineer Battalion), 14 CIDG and 19 PAVN killed. U.S Special Forces left Mai Loc in late August 1970.
Other units based at Mai Loc included:
On 2 April 1972 the Vietnamese Marines abandoned Mai Loc in the face of the PAVN assault on Quảng Trị.
Current use
The base has been turned over to farmland.