Plei Djereng Camp

Plei Djereng Camp
Coordinates 13°58′12″N 107°38′31″E / 13.97°N 107.642°E / 13.97; 107.642 (Plei Djereng Camp)
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
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Elevation AMSL 955 ft / 291 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3,150 960 PSP

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 41 km 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 8 km 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. 1 2 3 Stanton, Shelby (2003). Vietnam Order of Battle. Stackpole Books. p. 245. ISBN 9780811700719.
  2. ↑ Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 5–411. ISBN 978-1555716257.
  3. 1 2 3 MacGarrigle, George. Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967. Government Printing Office. p. 68. ISBN 9780160495403.
  4. ↑ Traas, Adrian (2011). Engineers at War. Government Printing Office. p. 211.
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