Battle of Xã Cẩm Mỹ
| Battle of Xã Cẩm Mỹ | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
"C" Company 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry board a CH-47, 2 April 1966 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Viet Cong | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Company C, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment Detachment 6, 38th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron | D800 Battalion | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 36 killed |
US body count: 41 killed 80 estimated killed | ||||||
The Battle of Xã Cẩm Mỹ was fought over two days from April 11–12, 1966, 10 miles (16 km) south of the village of Cẩm Mỹ in Phước Tuy Province, during the Vietnam War. Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the crack Viet Cong (VC) D800 Battalion, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment soon found itself fighting for survival in the rubber plantations of Cẩm Mỹ village, approximately 42 miles (68 km) east of Saigon. During this battle 134 men of Charlie Company, 2/16th Infantry were ambushed by the VC and 80 percent became casualties.