Battle of Ben Het

Battle of Ben Het
	Part of Vietnam War
	; One of two destroyed PT-76 tanks
Date	March 3–4, 1969
Location	Ben Het Camp, South Vietnam
Result	United States victory
Belligerents
United States; South Vietnam	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Captain John Stovall (WIA)	Unknown
Units involved
Company B, 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment; 5th Special Forces Group; CIDG; 4th Infantry Division Artillery	16th Company, 4th Battalion, 202nd Armored Regiment
Strength
4 M48 tanks; 2 M42A1 tanks; 1 175mm artillery battery; 1 AC-47; 12 Green Berets; 400 CIDG	10 PT-76 tanks; Unknown number of BTR-50s
Casualties and losses
1 M48A3 tank lightly damaged; 2 killed; 2 wounded; 1 killed; 6 wounded	2 PT-76 tanks destroyed; 1 BTR-50PK destroyed; Unknown; no bodies found

The Battle of Ben Het was a North Vietnamese armored assault on the Ben Het Special Forces Camp. It was the only tank battle between the United States and North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

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