New Year's Day battle of 1968

New Year's Day battle of 1968
Part of the Vietnam War

Map of the battle of Firebase Burt
Date1–2 January 1968
Location11°34′52″N 106°22′19″E / 11.581°N 106.372°E / 11.581; 106.372
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States Viet Cong
 North Vietnam
Units involved
2nd and 3rd Battalions, 22nd Infantry Regiment
Battery B, 5th Battalion, 2nd Artillery Regiment Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery Regiment
Battery D, 71st Artillery Regiment
Batteries A and C, 2nd Battalion, 77th Artillery Regiment
271st Regiment and 272nd Regiment, 9th Division
Casualties and losses
23 killed[1] U.S. body count: 348 killed[1]
New Year's Day battle of 1968 is located in Vietnam
New Year's Day battle of 1968
Location within Vietnam

The New Year's Day battle of 1968 was a military engagement during the Vietnam War in Tây Ninh province that began on the evening of 1 January 1968. It involved units assigned to the U.S. 25th Infantry Division and two regiments of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The battle was known as the Battle of Fire Support Base Burt (Battle of FSB Burt), or the Battle of Suoi Cut.[2] This is not the same location as Suối Cắt village in northern Vietnam.

  1. ^ a b Johnson, Thomas A. (3 January 1968). "G.I.'s Kill 348 in Repelling Foe's Attack During Truce". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2010.(subscription required)
  2. ^ Trass, Adrian (2017). The U.S. Army Campaigns of the Vietnam War: Turning Point 1967-1968 (PDF). Center of Military History. pp. 28–30.