Battle of Ap Bau Bang

Battle of Ap Bau Bang
Part of Vietnam War

Battle of Ap Bau Bang, 12 November 1965
Date12 November 1965
Location11°11′42″N 106°37′01″E / 11.195°N 106.617°E / 11.195; 106.617
Result See Aftermath
Belligerents
 United States Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. George Shuffer Senior Col. Hoàng Cầm
Units involved
2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment
Troop A 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment
Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Artillery Regiment
272nd Regiment
273rd Regiment
Casualties and losses
20 killed
VC claim: 2,000 killed or wounded
39 tanks and 8 artillery pieces destroyed
U.S. body count: 146 killed
50 presumed killed
VC claim: 109 killed

The Battle of Ap Bau Bang (Vietnamese: trận Bàu Bàng) took place on the morning of 12 November 1965 when two regiments from the Viet Cong (VC) 9th Division attacked a night defensive position of the United States 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (2/2nd Infantry) at a small village (ấp) of Bàu Bàng, in today's Bàu Bàng district, 25 km north of Thủ Dầu Một.