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rdfs:label
  • Battle of Khe Sanh
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skos:prefLabel
  • Battle of Khe Sanh
skos:altLabel
  • Scotland
  • siege
  • besieged
  • Scotland II
  • Operation Pegasus
  • Battle of Khe Sanh#Operation Pegasus (1–14 April 1968)
  • heavy bombardment and ground attacks at the Khe Sanh Combat Base
  • Battle of Hill 881S
  • Battle of Khe Sanh#In media
  • Khe Sanh
  • Khe Sanh combat base
  • Operation Charlie
  • Riddle of Khe Sanh
  • Route 9–Khe Sanh Campaign
  • Siege of Khe Sanh
  • The Hill Fights
  • U.S. Marines besieged at Khe Sanh
  • attack on Khe Sanh
  • attacks on the Khe Sanh Combat Base
  • battle of Khe Sanh
  • besieged at Khe Sanh
  • defending Khe Sanh
  • defense of Khe Sanh
  • siege of Khe Sanh
  • the Siege of Khe Sanh
  • the relief of Khe Sanh
  • under siege at Khe Sanh
  • 3 attacks on the eastern perimeter of the Combat Base
clgo:causalties
  • 7 missing
  • 730 killed
  • 274 killed
  • (2,800–3,500 killed, 9,000+ wounded, 7 missing, 250+ captured)ref|Not including ARVN Ranger, RF/PF, Forward Operation Base 3 – U.S. Army, Royal Laotian Army and SOG commandos losses. The low figure often cited for US casualties (205 killed in action, 443 wounded, 2 missing) does not take into account U.S. Army or Air Force casualties or those incurred during Operation Pegasus.|group=Note
  • CIDG losses: 1,000 – 1,500 killed or missing, at least 250 captured (in Lang Vei), wounded unknown
  • (At Khe Sanh:)
  • (Casualties of USAF personnel:)
  • (During aerial resupply:)
  • 1 KC-130, 3 C-123
  • 12,000+ casualties
  • 2,396 wounded
  • 2,642 wounded,
  • 485 killed
  • 5 ~ 20 killed, wounded unknown
  • At least 11 marines killed, wounded unknown
  • Kingdom of Laos: Unknown.
  • Total (21 January – 9 July):
  • U.S. losses:
  • (Operation Charlie for the final evacuation (19 June – 5 July 1968):)
  • 2,541 wounded (not including ARVN Ranger, RF/PF, Forward Operation Base 3 – US Army and Royal Laotian Army losses)
  • (Operation Scotland I (1 November 1967 – 31 March 1968) & Operation Pegasus ( 1–14 April 1968):)
  • North Vietnamese claim: ~11,900 killed or wounded (including about 9,000 American soldiers); 197 aircraft, 78 tanks, 46 cannons, 50 ammunition depots destroyed
  • ARVN losses: 229 killed, 436 wounded (not including CIDG, RF/PF and SOG losses)
  • (Operation Scotland II (15 April 1968 – July 1968):)
clgo:combatant
  • Laos
  • Pathet Lao
  • Viet Cong
clgo:commander
clgo:date
  • 1968-07-09
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clgo:place
clgo:result
  • * North Vietnamese Army gained control of the Khe Sanh region after the American withdrawal.
  • American victory in April siege, North Vietnamese victory in July phase :
  • * Termination of theMcNamara Line. North Vietnamese lines of communication were extended further into South Vietnam.
clgo:strength
  • 30 light tanks PT-76
  • *Siege at Khe Sanh: ~17,200 (304th and 308th Division)
  • *Defense at Route 9: ~16,900 (320th and 324th Division)
  • Operation Pegasus: ~20,000 (1st Air Cavalry and Marine units)
  • ~40,000 in total, in which:
  • ~45,000 in total
  • ~6,000 Marines at the Combat Base of Khe Sanh
  • Operation Arc Light and operation Niagara: U.S. Air Forces
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