Battle of Kontum was a battle fought on 9 June 1972 at Kon Tum, in what is now Vietnam. It was part of the Vietnam War, which ran from 1955 to 1975. The recorded result: South Vietnamese and U.S. victory.
75 placed engagements of the Vietnam War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date
9 June 1972 to 27 May 1972
Place
Kon Tum, Vietnam 14.356N, 108.008E
Kind
Battle, Cold War
Casualties and losses
In this battle: 1000+; 15 M-41 destroyed; 23 105mm, 7 155mm howitzers captured; During the Central Highlands campaign: (PAVN estimate) 41,000 killed, wounded or captured
In this battle: (U.S. estimate) ~4,000 casualties; 8 T-54 destroyed; 5 PT-76 destroyed; During the Central Highlands campaign: (U.S. estimate) 20,000–40,000; 24 T-54/Type 59 destroyed
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.Kon Tum District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam.. Dr. Blofeld, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Battle of Kontum is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 140 in present-day Vietnam.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4273438, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kontum, revision 1385142524, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.
