Tet offensive attack on Joint General Staff Compound

Tet offensive attack on Joint General Staff Compound
Part of the Tet offensive of the Vietnam War

Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut and JGS, 31 January 1968
Date31 January – 1 February 1968
Location10°48′00″N 106°40′16″E / 10.8°N 106.671°E / 10.8; 106.671
Result US/South Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
United States Lt Col. Gordon D. Rowe
South Vietnam General Cao Văn Viên

Units involved
United States 716th Military Police Battalion
South Vietnam 8th Airborne Battalion
6th Airborne Battalion
2nd Marine Battalion
2nd Go Mon Battalion
Casualties and losses
United States 17 killed[1] US/ARVN Claim: 10 killed
10 captured

The attack on the Joint General Staff (JGS) Compound, the headquarters of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968. The JGS was located east of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The attack by Vietcong (VC) forces was one of several major attacks on Saigon in the first days of the Tet offensive. The attack was repulsed with the VC suffering heavy losses; no material damage was done to the compound.

  1. ^ Rod Paschall (4 January 2013). "Tet: Circling the Wagons in Saigon". HistoryNet.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2018.