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The 21st Division (Vietnamese: Sư đoàn 21; Chữ Hán: 師團21) of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1959 to 1975, was part of the IV Corps that oversaw the southernmost region of South Vietnam, the Mekong Delta. The 21st Division was based in Chương Thiện ...
21st Infantry Division – The ARVN 1st and 3rd Light Divisions were formed in 1955, then renamed the 11th and 13th Light Divisions in 1956. They were combined to form the 21st Division in 1959. Served mainly near Saigon and in the Mekong Delta. Component units: 31st, 32nd and 33rd Infantry Regiments; 210th, 211st, 212nd and 213rd Artillery ...
Operation Quyet Thang II was an ARVN 7th Division, 9th Division and 21st Division clear and search operation in IV Corps. The operation resulted in 37,874 PAVN/VC killed. [3] 3 January. A Vietcong (VC) bomb exploded in a messhall at Củ Chi Base Camp killing 15 Americans mostly from the 554th Engineer Battalion and two Vietnamese kitchen staff ...
Vietnam veteran remains identified (Coconino County Sheriff's Office via Facebook) The skeletal remains, first discovered April 19, 1975, were found off Meteor City Road, about 40 miles east of ...
21st Division or 21st Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions ... 21st Division (South Vietnam) 21st Division (Spain) 21st Division (United Kingdom)
HARLINGEN — For decades, the area's veterans have been calling for a memorial honoring the local soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. Now, a veterans group is planning to build a 6 1/2-foot ...
MRF 9th Infantry Division, 9th ARVN Division, ARVN 21st Division joint riverine, air and ground search operations to locate and destroy Vietcong MR 3 headquarters and to cordon and search Cu Lao May island in the Hậu River southwest of Cần Thơ. The operation was also to relieve enemy pressure on the city of Cần Thơ
South Vietnamese war veterans captured an Americal Division convoy on Route 2, 9 miles (14 km) south of Da Nang after one of the U.S. vehicles crashed into a funeral procession vehicle. The convoy with 14 U.S. soldiers onboard was held for eight hours until a ransom of $720 and foodstuffs was paid to the veterans in "an expression of sorrow".