Landing Zone Grant

Landing Zone Grant is a former U.S. Army base in Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam.

Landing Zone Grant
Coordinates11.416°N 106.271°E / 11.416; 106.271 (Landing Zone Grant)
TypeArmy
Site information
Conditionabandoned
Site history
Built1969
In use1969
Battles/wars
Vietnam War
Garrison information
Occupants1st Cavalry Division

History

The base was originally established by the 1st Cavalry Division during Operation Sheridan Sabre and located 11km east northeast of Nui B Den on a major People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Vietcong (VC) infiltration route.[1]

At 03:30 on 23 February 1969 a force from the VC 1st Battalion, 95th Regiment attacked Grant. The attack was repulsed with the VC losing 16 killed and 2 captured.[2]:11

At 00:30 on 8 March 1969 a PAVN force assaulted Grant again and the battle continued until 06:15 when the PAVN broke contact. The 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment defending the base lost 13 killed while PAVN losses were 157 killed and 2 captured and 23 individual and 10 crew-served weapons captured.[2]:11

At 01:45 on 11 March a PAVN/VC force assaulted Grant again supported by mortar and rocket fire before breaking contact at 03:30. The 2/12th Cavalry lost 15 killed while PAVN losses were 62 killed and 2 captured.[2]:12

Current use

The base is abandoned and turned over to farmland.

References
  1. Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 5–203. ISBN 9781555716257.
  2. "Operation report for the quarterly period ending 30 April 1969" (PDF). Department of the Army Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). 1969. Retrieved 25 July 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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