VC Units March 1972
IV 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.
Jun 1958
- 309 VC Inf Bn / D1 VC Inf Regt, Chuong Thien regiment formed 1967/68
Jun 1959
- U Minh 10 VC LF Inf Bn, Chuong Thien, Rach Gia Province
- D764 VC LF Inf Bn, Chuong Thien, Soc Trang Province
Jun 1960
- 502 VC LF Inf Bn, Kien Phong
Jun 1961
- 306th VC Inf Bn / D3 VC Inf Regt, Vinh Binh
1962
- 504 VC LF Inf Bn, Kien Tuong
Mar 1962
- 261A Inf Bn / DT1 VC Inf Regt, Dinh Tuong regiment formed Mar 1964
Jun 1962
- 512 VC LF Inf Bn, Chau Doc, An Gian Province
- 501 VC LF Inf Bn, Vinh Binh, Tra Vinh Province
1963
- *295 VC Inf Bn, Kien Phong
Mar 1963
- 516A VC LF Inf Bn, Kien Hoa, Ben Tre Province
Jun 1963
- 263 VC LF Inf Bn, Kien Hoa, Ben Tre Province
Feb 1964
- U Minh 2 VC LF Inf Bn, An Xuyen, Ca Mau Province
Mar 1964
- HQ DT1 VC Inf Regt, Dinh Tuong only one identified bn until 1967
Jun 1964
- O857 VC LF Inf Bn, Kien Hoa, Vinh Long Province
May 1965
- TN3173 VC Inf Bn, Kien Giang
Dec 1966
- 962 VC Inf Bn, An Xuyen
- 303 VC Inf Bn / D1 VC Inf Regt, Chuong Thien regiment formed 1967/68
Jun 1967
- 2311 VC Art Bn, Chuong Thien
- D1 VC Inf Regt, Chuong Thien [HQ and Spt units formed later]
Nov 1967
- 261B Inf Bn / DT1 VC Inf Regt, Dinh Tuong
Dec 1967
- 267B VC Sapper Bn, Dinh Tuong
Jan 1968
- 514C VC LF Inf Bn, Dinh Tuong, My Tho Province
Feb 1968
- 301 VC Sapper / Engr Bn, Kien Giang
- 312th VC Inf Bn / D3 VC Inf Regt, Vinh Long
Mar 1968
- 514A VC LF Inf Bn, Go Cong
- HQ D1 VC Inf Regt, Chuong Thien
Jun 1968
- HQ D2 VC Inf Regt, Kien Giang
- Z7 Inf Bn / D2 VC Inf Regt, An Xuyen
Aug 1968
- Tay Do II VC LF Inf Bn, Phong Dinh, Can Tho Province
- 410 VC Inf Bn, Kien Giang, Phuoc Long Group
- Z9 Inf Bn / D2 VC Inf Regt, Kien Giang
Sep 1968
- 23 VC Sapper Bn, Kien Giang
- Z8 Inf Bn / D2 VC Inf Regt, Chuong Thien
Nov 1968
- Binh Duc VC Art Bn, Dinh Tuong
- 516B VC LF Inf Bn, Kien Hoa, Ben Tre Province
Dec 1968
- *511 VC LF Inf Bn, Chau Doc, An Gian Province
Jan 1969
- D5 VC Sapper Bn, Chau Doc
- 341 VC Sapper Bn, Dinh Tuong
- 207 VC LF Sapper Bn, Dinh Tuong, My Tho Province
Mar 1969
- 2315 VC Art Bn, An Xuyen
Apr 1969
- Z10 Sapper Bn, Kien Giang joined D2 VC Inf Regt
Jun 1969
- 269B VC Sapper Bn, Dinh Tuong joined DT1 VC Inf Regt
Sep 1969
- 271 VC Inf Bn, Kien Tuong
Mar 1970
- 510 VC LF Inf Bn, Chau Doc, An Gian Province
Apr 1970
- Tay Do I VC LF Inf Bn, Chuong Thien, Can Tho Province
May 1971
- 516 VC LF Inf Bn, Kien Hoa, Ben Tre Province
Unknown
- HQ D3 VC Inf Regt, Vinh Binh
The list of identified units shows 20 infantry, 1 sapper, and 1 artillery battalions formed by Jan 1968. MACV intelligence showed 29 VC maneuver battalions in IV CTZ Jan 1968. This might indicate that some battalions active in 1968 were later dissolved, or that some units were actually formed earlier than the dates shown above. After Jan 1968 a further 13 infantry, 7 sapper, and 2 artillery battalions are shown being formed.
NOTES
- A typo in the original document? Aug 1961 seems more likely given the formation dates of its three battalions and the information on the 272 VC Infantry Regiment
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