Battle of Cửa Việt

Battle of Cửa Việt
	Part of the Vietnam War
Date	January 25–31, 1973
Location	Cửa Việt Port 16°54′N 107°11′E; Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam
Result	North Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
North Vietnam	South Vietnam; United States (until 28 January)
Commanders and leaders
Lê Trọng Tấn; Cao Van Khanh	Ngô Quang Trưởng; Nguyen Thanh Tri
Casualties and losses
South Vietnamese claim: 1,000 casualties	26 armored vehicles destroyed (27 January); 40 killed, 20 armored vehicles destroyed (between 28–31 January); 2 aircraft shotdown; 3 killed; 2 aircraft shotdown; North Vietnamese claim: 2,330 killed and wounded, 200 captured; 113 tanks and APCs destroyed; 12 tanks and APCs captured

Battle of Cửa Việt took place during the Vietnam War between 25–31 January 1973 at the Cửa Việt naval base and its vicinity, in northeast Quảng Trị Province. The battle involved a combined task force of South Vietnamese Marine and armored units that tried to gain a foothold at the Cua Viet Port just as the ceasefire was about to take effect on January 28 in accordance with the Paris Peace Accords. The South Vietnamese forces were finally forced to retreat by a North Vietnamese counterattack with considerable losses on both sides.

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