NOVEMBER 1965 - BATTLE OF IA DRANG or LZ X-RAY - VietnamWar

 


Three People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF), or Viet Cong (VC), regiments attacked a Civil Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) - and U.S. Special Forces - Camp at Plei Me on 19 October 1965. Intelligence determined the enemy intended to cut the Republic of (South) Vietnam in half. The attack was repulsed with reinforcements from the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), and supporting Allied forces. 

The U.S. then turned to pursuing and destroying the retreating enemy. The division commander, Major General Harry O. Kinnard, sent 3d Brigade to search westward toward the Cambodian border, focusing on the densely wooded area south of the Ia Drang River at the base of the Chu Pong massif, a rugged mountain mass straddling the South Vietnamese-Cambodian border.

The brigade advanced to establish artillery fire support bases (FSB) and landing zones (LZ) at the base of the mountain. Early on 14 November, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Harold G. Moore, Jr., air assaulted LZ X-RAY on a search and destroy mission as two People's Army of (North) Vietnam (PAVN) regiments prepared to renew the attack on Plei Me. 

Instead, the enemy attacked the LZ  from the high ground. The American battalion withstood repeated mortar attacks and infantry assaults through the night. Supported by the division's artillery and helicopter gunships, strafing and bombing attacks by tactical aircraft and B-52 bombers, the Americans turned back the determined enemy. 

The next day, 2d Battalion, 5th Cavalry arrived from LZ VICTOR to reinforce Moore's battalion and take the offensive. The search for the enemy main body continued for the next few days in the vicinity of the Chu Pong Massif. The U.S. suffered 79 killed, 121 wounded, and 0 missing in the three-day battle. Enemy losses included 634 confirmed and 581 estimated dead, and 6 prisoners. 



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