Gia Nghĩa Camp
| Gia Nghĩa Camp | |
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| Site information | |
| Type | Army Base |
| Location | |
| Map | |
| Coordinates | 12°00′43′′N 107°43′40′′E / 12.012°N 107.7277°E / 12.012; 107.7277 (Gia Nghĩa Camp) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1966 |
| Inuse | 1966-75 |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | 5th Special Forces Group South Vietnamese Regional Force |
Gia Nghĩa Airfield | ||||||||||
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| ElevationAMSL | 2,136ft (651m) | |||||||||
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Gia Nghĩa Camp (also known as Gia Nghĩa Special Forces Camp) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base east of Gia Nghĩa, Dak Nong Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
History
[edit ]The 5th Special Forces Group first established a base here in 1966. The base was located 5 km east of Gia Nghĩa.[1] Advisory Team 32, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was based at Gia Nghĩa.
On 12 February 1968, Bell UH-1H Iroquois #66-17027 crashed on a night medevac mission to Gia Nghĩa, the four crewmen were missing presumed killed.[2]
On 17 December 1969 a USAF Fairchild C-123K Provider #55-4562 crashed on landing at Gia Nghĩa resulting in one fatality.[3]
On 22 March 1975 Gia Nghĩa came under artillery and then ground attack from the PAVN 271B Regiment, after two days of fighting the PAVN captured the town.[4]
Current use
[edit ]The base has been turned over to farmland.
References
[edit ]- ↑ Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 197–8. ISBN 978-1555716257.
- ↑ "Harry Brown, SSG". The Virtual Wall. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ "Fairchild C-123K Provider". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ Veith, George (2012). Black April The Fall of South Vietnam 1973-75. Encounter Books. p. 95. ISBN 9781594035722.