VC Units March 1972
III 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.
Apr 1956
- 506 VC Inf Bn, Long An
May 1960
- D445 VC LF Inf Bn, Long Khanh
Aug 1961
- 1st Bn/271 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh but regiment shown formed Aug 1967
- 2nd Bn/271 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh
- 3rd Bn/271 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh
- HQ 272 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh
- 1st Bn/272 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh
- 2nd Bn/272 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh
- 3rd Bn/272 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh
Aug 1962
- K5 VC Art Bn, Binh Long later with 96 NVA Art Regt
1964
- 56 VC Air Def Bn, Tay Ninh later with 69 VC Art Div
Jan 1965
- 1st Bn/274 VC Inf Regt, Long Khanh
Feb 1965
- Doan 10 VC Sapper Bn, Bien Hoa
Mar 1965
- D2 VC Inf Bn, Bien Hoa
- 3rd Bn/274 VC Inf Regt, Bien Hoa
- 267 VC Inf Bn, Hau Nghia
Apr 1965
- K4 VC Inf Bn, Binh Duong
May 1965
- 2 VC Inf Bn, Phuoc Long
- K1 VC Inf Bn, Binh Duong
- HQ 275 VC Inf Regt, Phuoc Long
- 3rd Bn/275 275 VC Inf Regt, Phuoc Long
- 274 VC Inf Regt, Bien Hoa (HQ formed Aug)
- 6 VC Inf Bn, Long An
Jun 1965
- D14 VC LF Inf Bn, Tay Ninh
Aug 1965
- HQ 274 VC Inf Regt, Bien Hoa
Nov 1965
- 46 VC Recon Bn, Tay Ninh
- 58 VC Art Bn (Mortar), Tay Ninh later with 69 VC Art Div
Feb 1966
- 1st Bn/275 VC Inf Regt, Phuoc Long
Dec 1966
- D2 VC Inf Bn, Long Khanh
Apr 1967
- 22 VC Art Bn, Tay Ninh part of 9 VC Inf Div
- 24 VC Air Def Bn, Binh Long part of 9 VC Inf Div
Aug 1967
- HQ 271 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh (note 1)
- HQ 180 VC Security Regt, Tay Ninh
- O1 Bn/180 VC Sec Regt, Tay Ninh
- *O2 Bn/180 VC Sec Regt, Tay Ninh
Dec 1967
- D1 VC LF Inf Bn, Tay Ninh
Jan 1968
- 520 VC Inf Bn shows grid reference, no place name; strength shown as 20
Apr 1968
- 2nd Bn/274 VC Inf Regt, Long Khanh
- D1 VC Sapper Bn, Bien Hoa
- 268 VC Sapper Bn, Hau Nghia
- D168 VC LF Inf Bn, Phuoc Long
Jun 1968
- 12 VC Sapper/Recon Bn, Hau Nghia
Aug 1968
- 368 VC LF Inf Bn, Binh Long
Oct 1968
- A66 VC Strat Recon Bn, Tay Ninh
Nov 1968
- T28 VC Recon Bn, Tay Ninh part of 9 VC Inf Div
- 8 VC Swimmer Sapper Bn, Bien Hoa
May 1969
- *28 VC Sapper Bn, Binh Long part of 5 VC Inf Div
Jan 1970
- 190 VC Sec Guard Bn, Tay Ninh
Feb 1970
- *27 VC Recon Bn, Binh Long part of 5 VC Inf Div
Mar 1970
- 4th Bn/271 VC Inf Regt, Tay Ninh
- 6 VC Inf Regt, Binh Long (HQ formed Apr 1970)
- 8th Bn/ VC Inf Regt, Binh Long
Apr 1970
- HQ 6 VC Inf Regt, Binh Long
- 7th Bn/6 VC Inf Regt, Binh Long
- 9th Bn/6 VC Inf Regt, Binh Long
- 89 VC Art Bn, Binh Duong
Mar 1970
- 1696 VC Inf Bn, Hau Nghia
Unknown
- (VC) *Recon Bn, Tay Ninh part of Sapper Command
The list of identified units shows 22 infantry, 1 sapper, 1 recon, and 2 security battalions, along with 3 artillery and 2 air defense. MACV intelligence showed 39 VC maneuver battalions in III CTZ in Jan 1968. This would leave around 13 maneuver battalions in existence by Tet 1968 unidentified from this list. Units formed later included 8 infantry, 4 recon, 4 sapper, 1 sapper/recon, and 1 artillery battalions.
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