Battle of West Saigon

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Battle of West Saigon
Part of May Offensive of the Vietnam War
Map of the battle
Date 5–12 May 1968 Location Saigon, South Vietnam 10°44′47″N 106°37′26″E / 10.7465°N 106.624°E / 10.7465; 106.624 Result Allied military victory
Belligerents
United States  South Vietnam	Viet Cong  North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
John H. Hay
Units involved
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment 1st and the 2nd Battalions, 28th Infantry Regiment 5th Marine Battalion 7th Airborne Battalion 30th Ranger Battalion 33rd Ranger Battalion 38th Ranger Battalion	5th Division 9th Division
Casualties and losses
76 killed 1 missing 90 killed 16 missing	U.S. body count 2,600+ killed

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Before 1955 1782 Saigon massacre (1782) Gia Định province Siege of Saigon (18 February 1859 – 25 February 1861) Battle of Ky Hoa (February 1861) Treaty of Saigon (1862) Treaty of Saigon (1874) Battle of Saigon (1955)
Vietnam War 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt (11 November 1960) Operation Chopper (Vietnam) (12 January 1962) 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing (27 February 1962) Self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức (11 June 1963) Double Seven Day scuffle (7 July 1963) Xá Lợi Pagoda raids (21 August 1963) 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état (1–2 November 1963) Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem (2 November 1963) Attack on USNS Card (2 May 1964) 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing (24 December 1964) 1965 United States embassy bombing (30 March 1965) 1965 Saigon bombing (25 June 1965) Operation Jackstay (26 March – 6 April 1966) Operation Fairfax (November 1966 - 15 December 1967) Viet Cong attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (4–5 December 1966) Tet offensive battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack (31 January-11 February 1968) Tet offensive attack on Joint General Staff Compound (31 January-1 February 1968) Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (31 January 1968) Tet offensive attack on US Embassy (31 January 1968) Battle of West Saigon (5–12 May 1968) Battle of South Saigon (7–12 May 1968) Hijacking of Pan Am Flight 841 (2 July 1972) Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base (28 April 1975) Operation Frequent Wind (29–30 April 1975) Fall of Saigon (30 April 1975)
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The Battle of West Saigon took place from 5–12 May 1968 during the May Offensive of the Vietnam War as South Vietnamese and United States forces countered the main thrust of the offensive against the western suburbs of Saigon.