Plei Djereng Camp
| Plei Djereng Camp | |
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| Coordinates | 13°58′12″N 107°38′31″E / 13.97°N 107.642°E |
| Type | Army Base |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1964 |
| In use | 1964-70 |
| Battles/wars |
 Vietnam War |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants |
5th Special Forces Group 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division |
| Plei Djereng New Airfield | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 955 ft / 291 m | ||||||||||
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Plei Djereng Camp (also known as Plei Djereng Special Forces Camp) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
History
A base was first established in December 1964 by the 5th Special Forces Group Detachment A-214[1] to monitor communist infiltration along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The camp was located 41km northwest of Pleiku and near to the Cambodian border.[2]
Special Forces Detachment A-214 (later redesignated A-251) took over the camp in August 1965.
On 14 October 1966 the People'a Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked reconnaissance patrols out of Plei Djereng. [3] On 21 October U.S. forces launched Operation Paul Revere IV deploying the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division north of the camp and the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division south of the camp.[3]:69 In the first 12 days of the operation losses were 22 U.S. and 138 PAVN killed.[3]:70
In late October 1966 the camp was moved 8km south and the 20th Engineer Battalion built a new airfield here.[4]
The 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division comprising:
was based at Plei Djereng in May 1970 to support the Cambodian Campaign.
Other units based at Plei Djereng included:
The camp was transferred to the ARVN 80th Border Rangers in October 1970.
Current use
The base is abandoned and turned over to farmland.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stanton, Shelby (2003). Vietnam Order of Battle. Stackpole Books. p. 245. ISBN 9780811700719.
- ↑ Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 5-411. ISBN 978-1555716257.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 MacGarrigle, George. Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967. Government Printing Office. p. 68. ISBN 9780160495403.
- ↑ Traas, Adrian (2011). Engineers at War. Government Printing Office. p. 211.