Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Ngo Quang Truong

Battles of Ngo Quang Truong

South Vietnamese commander (1929-2007)

Ngo Quang Truong is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1968 and 1974: 7 battles, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 391 km apart end to end, 65 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (4).

Battle of Duc DucBattle of Phú LộcBattle of Quang TriBattle of HueSecond Battle of Quảng TrịBattle of Cửa ViệtBattle of Thượng ĐứcBattle of Quang TriBattle of HueSecond Battle of Quảng TrịBattle of Cửa ViệtBattle of Thượng ĐứcDa NangUbon RatchathaniĐồng HớiSavannakhetQuảng NgãiPakxeThakhekNakhon PhanomChampasakSaravan200 km16.325N, 107.538E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1968: 2 engagements1972: 1 engagements1973: 1 engagements1974: 3 engagements3 in 197419681974
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Quang Tri, 1968Battle of Hue, 1968Second Battle of Quảng Trị, 1972Battle of Cửa Việt, 1973Battle of Duc Duc, 1974Battle of Thượng Đức, 1974Battle of Phú Lộc, 197419681974
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
31 January 1968Battle of Quang TriQuảng Trị, VietnamSouth Vietnamese-American victory
2 March 1968Battle of HueHuế, Vietnam52 km SEAmerican–South Vietnamese victory; Sustained damage to the...
28 June 1972Second Battle of Quảng TrịVietnam72 km NWSouth Vietnamese and U.S. victory
1973Battle of Cửa ViệtVietnam30 km NENorth Vietnamese victory
4 October 1974Battle of Duc DucVietnam162 km SENorth Vietnamese Pyrrhic victory
11 November 1974Battle of Thượng ĐứcVietnam21 km NWSouth Vietnamese Pyrrhic victory
10 December 1974Battle of Phú LộcVietnam56 km NWSouth Vietnamese victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Department of Defense photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.