Battle of An Lão

Battle of An Lão
	Part of the Vietnam War
Date	7-9 December 1964
Location	An Lão, South Vietnam
Result	South Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
South Vietnam	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Nguyễn Hữu Có ; Nguyễn Xuân Thịnh	Giáp Văn Cương ; Đỗ Phú Đáp ; Nguyễn Thành Tâm
Units involved
22nd Infantry Division 41st Infantry Regiment; Special Forces B Detachment one platoon; Bình Định Sub-sector two companies and two platoons of Regional Forces; 12 platoons of Popular Forces;	2nd Infantry Regiment 95th Battalion; 97th Battalion; 409th Sapper Battalion Bình Định Province Command one company of Province Local Force; 8 platoons of District Local Force;
Casualties and losses
34 killed; 3 killed	150 casualties-316 killed

The Battle of An Lão took place during the Vietnam War in the An Lão District of Bình Định Province between 7 and 9 December 1964. The battle was part of a larger 5th Military Region operation known as Campaign An Lão to capture An Lão valley, and use it as a corridor between their military bases in Quảng Ngãi Province and Bình Định Province.

The battle was initiated by offensive actions conducted jointly by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces and Viet Cong (VC) guerrillas when they captured the An Lão district headquarters in the coastal Bình Định province within the II Corps tactical zone. For three days, this joint military force successfully repelled large numbers of counterattacking Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops.