battle, Cold War
Battle of West Saigon
Battle of West Saigon was a battle fought on 12 May 1968 at Ho Chi Minh City, in what is now Vietnam. The recorded result: Allied military victory.
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Record
| Date | 12 May 1968 | |
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| Place | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 10.746N, 106.624E | |
| Kind | Battle, Cold War | |
| Casualties and losses | 76 killed, 1 missing; 90 killed, 16 missing | US body count 2,600+ killed |
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Nearest engagements
- Tet Offensive battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack 1968, 4.0 km NE
- Battle of Saigon 1968, 5.2 km NE
- Battle of Ky Hoa 1861, 5.2 km NE
- Battle of South Saigon 1968, 6.1 km E
- Siege of Saigon 1860, 7.9 km N
Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 1861 and 1975.
Elsewhere in 1968
- Battle of Khe Sanh Vietnam
- Battle of Karameh Jordan
- Battle of Hue Vietnam
- Battle of Saigon Vietnam
- Battle of Kham Duc Vietnam
Battle of West Saigon 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 Q85745952, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of West Saigon, revision 1378442939, 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.