battle, Cold War

Battle of Suoi Tre

Name: Battle of Suoi Tre
Start: 1967-03-21
Location: South Vietnam, Vietnam

Battle of Suoi Tre was a battle fought on 21 March 1967 at South Vietnam, in what is now Vietnam. It was part of Q120355808. The recorded result: American victory.

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Fought21 March 1967

WhereSouth Vietnam, Vietnam11.493N, 106.266E

OutcomeAmerican victory

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstViet Cong

Part ofQ120355808

Where it sits in Q120355808

7 placed engagements of Q120355808 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	21 March 1967
Place	South Vietnam, Vietnam 11.493N, 106.266E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength		~1,500
Casualties and losses	36 killed; 190 wounded	647 killed; 7 captured; 94 individual and 65 crew-served weapons recovered

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Prek Klok I 1967, 7.3 km W
Battle of Prek Klok II 1967, 7.3 km W
Battle of Loc Ninh 1972, 8.3 km S
New Year's Day Battle of 1968 1968, 15 km NE
Battle of Tong Le Chon 1974, 26 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Ap Bau Bang II 1967

Elsewhere in 1967

Battle of Suoi Tre 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 Q4872466, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Suoi Tre, revision 1378824901, 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.