Forward Operating Base 4
| Forward Operating Base 4 | |
|---|---|
| Site information | |
| Type | Army |
| Condition | abandoned |
| Location | |
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1967 |
| In use | 1967-72 |
| Battles/wars | File:Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The base is abandoned and the area now consists of sand dunes with some commercial and residential development.
References
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