Forward Operating Base 4
| Forward Operating Base 4 | |
|---|---|
| Site information | |
| Type | Army |
| Condition | abandoned |
| Location | |
  Forward Operating Base 4 | |
| Coordinates | 16°00′25″N 108°15′43″E / 16.007°N 108.262°E |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1967 |
| In use | 1967-72 |
| Battles/wars |  Vietnam War |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group |
Forward Operating Base 4 (also known as FOB 4) is a former Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) Command and Control North base. It was near the Marble Mountains southeast of Da Nang, Vietnam. Seabees from NMCB 12 built sea huts on the base in 1968.[1]
History
The base was located immediately north of the Marble Mountains and south of Marble Mountain Air Facility.[2]
On the night of 22–23 August 1968, as part of their Phase III Offensive, a company from the Viet Cong (VC) R20 Battalion and a sapper platoon infiltrated the base, killing 17 Special Forces soldiers (their largest one-day loss of the war) and wounding another 125 allied soldiers. Thirty-two VC were killed.[3]
Current use
The base is abandoned and the area now consists of sand dunes with some commercial and residential development.
References
- ^ "NMCB 12 1968-69 Cruisebook". Seabee Museum Archives. 2017. p. 83.
- ^ Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-1555716257.
- ^ Villard, Erik (2017). United States Army in Vietnam Combat Operations Staying the Course October 1967 to September 1968. Center of Military History United States Army. pp. 656–7. ISBN 9780160942808. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018.
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