Thủy Bồ incident
1967 engagement between US and Viet Cong forces in the Vietnam war / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Thuy Bo incident was the killing of civilians by U.S. Marines from 31 January to 1 February 1967, during the Vietnam War in Thủy Bồ village (Vietnamese: [tʰwɪj˧ ɓow˦]) in Điện Bàn District, Quảng Nam Province 15 km southwest of Đà Nẵng, in an area close to the foothills of the Central Highlands and situated near the Bo Bo Hills. Vietnamese communist sources claim that the Marines massacred civilians here and the memorial erected to the event records 145 civilian deaths, mainly women, children and elderly men. US sources claim that 22 civilians were killed in two days of fighting between Marines and the Vietcong who occupied the village.
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Location | Thủy Bồ, Điện Bàn District, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam |
Date | 31 January – 1 February 1967 |
Target | Thủy Bồ Hamlet |
Attack type | purported Massacre |
Deaths | Vietnam claims: 145 civilians killed [1][2] US claims: 101 Viet Cong killed 22 civilians killed in fighting |
Perpetrators | Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines |
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