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By January 1972 the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 3rd Division had assumed responsibility for the defense of Đông Hà and the area north of Highway 9. During April 1972 the PAVN made repeated assaults on Dong Ha and it fell on the 28th.
Battle of Dai Do, 30 April - 3 May 1968 In late April, four People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) Battalions, including two from the 320th Division , infiltrated past the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 2nd Regiment to occupy the area around Dai Do ( 16°50′28″N 107°06′40″E / 16.841°N 107.111°E / 16.841; 107.111 ) 2.5 km ...
The year 1968 saw major developments in the Vietnam War. The military operations started with an attack on a US base by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC) on January 1, ending a truce declared by the Pope and agreed upon by all sides. At the end of January, the PAVN and VC launched the Tet Offensive.
On 25 May Company E 2/4 Marines engaged a battalion sized PAVN force near Nhi Ha. Company H was lifted into blocking positions south of Nhi Ha while Company E attacked from the north. The day-long battle resulted in 18 Marines and 238 PAVN killed. Meanwhile, near Thuong Nghia the 2nd ARVN Regiment engaged another PAVN battalion killing 122 PAVN.
HELICOPTER Operations in VIETNAM; Special Operations in Vietnam; Information About Records Relating to the Vietnam War Operations Analysis (OPSANAL) System; Naval Operations in Vietnam; Media. The short film ACTIVITIES OF THE 198TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, AMERICAL DIVISION (1968) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
The North Vietnamese army captured the town on 28 April 1972, and it was never regained by the South Vietnamese. Tourists come to Đông Hà nowadays, especially ex-servicemen from the U.S. and Vietnam, who nearly always include a DMZ tour in their programs. The contemporary Vietnamese singer Như Quỳnh was born in Đông Hà in 1970.
An LCM-8 transports a 3rd Tank Battalion M48 up the Dong Ha River, 6 July 1967. The base was located at the mouth of the Cửa Việt/Thạch Hãn River approximately 16 km north of Quảng Trị and only approximately 10 km south of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). [1]: 5–126
The May Offensive was considered much bloodier than the initial phase of the Tet Offensive. U.S. casualties across South Vietnam were 2,169 killed for the entire month of May, making it the deadliest month of the entire Vietnam War for U.S. forces, while South Vietnamese losses were 2,054 killed. PAVN/VC losses exceeded 24,000 killed and over ...