Forward Operating Base 4

Forward Operating Base 4
Forward Operating Base 4
	Forward Operating Base 4
Coordinates	16.007°N 108.262°E
Type	Army
Site information
Condition	abandoned
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] It was one of the six FOBs the special forces had in Vietnam.

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.

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References

"NMCB 12 1968-69 Cruisebook". Seabee Museum Archives. 2017. p. 83.
Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 5–185. 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.

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[1] "NMCB 12 1968-69 Cruisebook". Seabee Museum Archives. 2017. p. 83.

[2] Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 5–185. ISBN 978-1555716257.

[3] 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.