Battle of Hiep Hoa

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Hiep Hoa
partof=Vietnam War
date=November 22, 1963
place=Hiep Hoa, South Vietnam
UTM Grid XT 443-065cite book| last =Kelley| first =Michael P.| title =Where We Were In Vietnam| publisher =Hellgate Press| date =2002| pages = p. 5-219 | id = ISBN 1-55571-625-3 ]
result=Viet Cong victory
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strength1=500+
strength2=219
casualties1=Unknown, 7 bodies left behind
casualties2=41 killed, 120 wounded, 32 missing and 2 captured
notes=The Battle of Hiep Hoa was a minor battle of the Vietnam War. On the night of November 22, 1963, an estimated 500 Viet Cong soldiers overrun the Hiep Hoa Special Forces Camp, resulting in four American personnel MIA. It was the first CIDG camp to be overrun during the war. Isaac Camacho, one of the four missing Americans, would later become the first American to escape from a VC POW camp.cite news
last =Morin
first =Eddie
title =Isaac "Ike" Camacho: Escaped from Captivity During the Vietnam War
publisher =Vietnam Magazine
date =June 2000
url =http://www.historynet.com/magazines/vietnam/3026631.html
accessdate = 2007-04-22 ]

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