Battle of An Lão

The Battle of An Lão took place in the An Lão District of Bình Định Province, just over 300 miles north-east of Saigon between December 7–9, 1964. The battle was part of a larger 5th Military Region operation known as Campaign An Lão to capture An Lão valley, and use it as a corridor between their military bases in Quảng Ngãi Province and Bình Định Province.

Battle of An Lão
Part of the Vietnam War
DateDecember 7–9, 1964
Location
An Lão, South Vietnam
Result Viet Cong victory
Belligerents
 South Vietnam Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Nguyễn Hữu Có
Nguyễn Xuân Thịnh		 Giáp Văn Cương
Đỗ Phú Đáp
Nguyễn Thành Tâm
Units involved

22nd Infantry Division

  • 41st Infantry Regiment

Special Forces B Detachment: 45–46 

  • one platoon

Bình Định Sub-sector

  • two companies and two platoons of Regional Forces
  • 12 platoons of Popular Forces

2nd Infantry Regiment

  • 95th Battalion
  • 97th Battalion

409th Sapper Battalion

Bình Định Province Command

  • one company of Province Local Force
  • 8 platoons of District Local Force
Casualties and losses
300 casualties
3 advisors killed		 150 casualties

The Battle of An Lão was initiated by offensive actions conducted jointly by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces and Viet Cong (VC) guerrillas when they captured the An Lão district headquarters in the coastal Bình Định province within the II Corps tactical zone. For three days, this joint military force successfully repelled large numbers of counterattacking Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops.

This battle was the first time in northern South Vietnam (South Central Coast of the united Vietnam) and the Central Highlands that the PAVN and VC "used the new tactic of coordinating main force units with local and guerrilla forces."

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