Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) United States Army (U.S. Army)
Condition
Abandoned
Site history
Built
1964 (1964)
In use
1964-1972 (1972)
Battles/wars
Vietnam War Battle of Dak To
Garrison information
Garrison
5th Special Forces Group
Airfield information
Elevation
2,156 feet (657 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
00/00
1,400 feet (427 m) Clay
Dak Seang Camp (also known as Dak Seang Special Forces Camp) is a former US Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Kon Tum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
Dak Pek Camp (also known as Dak Pek Special Forces Camp) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Kon Tum in...
into a small unimproved air field next to the Special Forces camp at DakSeang. The camp was under sporadic fire and probing ground attack by PAVN forces...
Division which was locked in combat with a PAVN force on a hilltop west of DakSeangCamp. After a three-day battle ARVN forces found 189 PAVN bodies, large quantities...
besiege DakSeangCamp. On 15 April 1970 the 170th Assault Helicopter Company dropped the 3rd Battalion, 42nd ARVN Regiment into a landing zone near Dak Seang...
from DakSeangCamp and prisoner interrogations revealed that the newly arrived PAVN 174th Regiment planned to attack both DakSeang and Dak Pek Camp. The...
the morning of 18 August a battalion from the 101D Regiment attacked DakSeangCamp in northwest Kon Tum Province. The CIDG defenders repelled the assault...
killed. Following a 1,000+ round artillery barrage, the PAVN attacked DakSeangCamp forcing its 300 Ranger defenders to abandon it by nightfall. South Vietnamese...
and June 1970 when it participated in the aerial resupply of DakSeang Special Forces Camp, evacuation of over 2000 refugees from Cambodia, and transportation...
and June 1970 when it participated in the aerial resupply of DakSeang Special Forces Camp, evacuation of over 2000 refugees from Cambodia, and transportation...
and June 1970 when it participated in the aerial resupply of DakSeang Special Forces Camp, evacuation of over 2000 refugees from Cambodia, and transportation...
been abandoned or overrun. In 1970, the same fate befell another camp at DakSeang. What had once been a 30-kilometre-wide (20 mi) supply corridor now...
483rd Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) helped break the siege of DakSeang Special Forces Camp. The wing flew 100 air-drop sorties under heavy hostile fire...
May, the 17 SOS provided nighttime cover for the besieged CIDG camps at DakSeang and Dak Pek. With the assistance of AC-119K Stingers from the 18th Special...