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Battle of Ap Bau Bang
Part of Vietnam War

Battle of Ap Bau Bang, 12 November 1965
Date12 November 1965
Location
Bau Bang, Bình Dương Province, South Vietnam
11°11′42″N 106°37′01″E / 11.195°N 106.617°E / 11.195; 106.617
Result See Aftermath
Belligerents
Battle of Ap Bau Bang United States Battle of Ap Bau Bang Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. George Shuffer Senior Col. Hoàng Cầm
Units involved
2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment
Troop A 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment
Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Artillery Regiment
272nd Regiment
273rd Regiment
Casualties and losses
20 killed
VC claim: 2,000 killed or wounded
39 tanks and 8 artillery pieces destroyed
U.S. body count: 146 killed
50 presumed killed
VC claim: 109 killed

The Battle of Ap Bau Bang (Vietnamese: trận Bàu Bàng) took place on the morning of 12 November 1965 when two regiments from the Viet Cong (VC) 9th Division attacked a night defensive position of the United States 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (2/2nd Infantry) at a small village (ấp) of Bàu Bàng, in today's Bàu Bàng district, 25 km north of Thủ Dầu Một.

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