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VC Units March 1972
I Corps Tactical Zone

This list only shows VC units listed by US intelligence as active in Mar 1972, thus excluding any units disbanded prior to then. The locations given are those where the unit was believed to be in early 1972. If the province of command does not match the location province, the command province is also shown. An asterisk indicates a border area unit (i.e., along the border) but believed to be in South Vietnam at the time.

Jul 1962

• 120 VC Mont Inf Bn, Quang Ngai
• HQ 1 VC Inf Regt, Quang Tin
• 40 VC Inf Bn / 1 VC Inf Regt, Quang Tin
• 60 VC Inf Bn / 1 VC Inf Regt, Quang Tin
• 90 VC Inf Bn / 1 VC Inf Regt, Quang Tin

Jan 1964

• 70 VC LF Inf Bn, Quang Nam, Quang Nam Province

Feb 1964

• K48 VC Inf Bn, Thua Thien

May 1964

• Q80 VC LF Inf Bn, Quang Nam, Quang Da Province
• Q82 VC LF Inf Bn, Quang Nam, Quang Da Province

Dec 1964

• 72 VC LF Inf Bn, Quang Tin, Quang Nam Province

Feb 1965

• 48 VC LF Inf Bn, Quang Ngai, Quang Ngai Province

Jun 1965

• 83 VC LF Inf Bn, Quang Ngai, Quang Ngai Province
• R20 VC Inf Bn, Quang Nam

Aug 1965

• V25 VC Inf Bn, Quang Nam

Oct 1965

• T89 VC Sapper Bn, Quang Nam

Dec 1965

• 840 VC Inf Bn, Binh Thuan

Jan 1968

• Phu Loc VC LF Inf Bn, Thua Thien
• Chi Thua II VC Sapper Bn, Thua Thien
• 74 VC LF Cmbt Spt Bn Mortar, Quang Tin, Quang Nam Province

May 1968

• 42 VC Recon Bn, Quang Nam

Jan 1971

• 14 VC LF AA-AT Bn, Quang Tin, Quang Nam Province

Mar 1971

• 471 VC Naval Sapper Bn, Quang Nam

May 1971

• 404 VC Sapper Bn, Quang Nam

Jul 1971

• 1 VC Prod Thung Dung Bn, Quang Ngai

This list of identified units shows 15 infantry, 2 sapper, and 1 mortar battalions formed by Jan 1968. MACV intelligence estimates for Jan 1968 showed 16 VC maneuver battalions in I CTZ. It would appear then, that the list above is complete for battalions formed by 1968 (some may have been elsewhere in Jan 1968, or present but not counted in the confirmed total). Units formed later are 1 infantry, 1 recon, 2 sapper, and 1 AA-AT battalions.