Ben Het Camp

Ben Het Camp (Ben Het Airfield)
Kon Tum, Central Highlands in Vietnam
CO of Team A-244, watches as members of 3rd Battery, 14th Artillery perform a fire mission, 4 November 1969
Ben Het Camp Shown within Vietnam
Coordinates	14°41′19″N 107°39′40″E / 14.68861°N 107.66111°E / 14.68861; 107.66111
Type	Army Base
Site information
Operator	Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) United States Army (U.S. Army)
Condition	Abandoned
Site history
Built	1966 (1966)
Built by	Company C, 299th Engineer Battalion
In use	1966-1973 (1973)
Battles/wars	Vietnam War Battle of Ben Het Battle of Kontum
Garrison information
Garrison	5th Special Forces Group 85th Border Rangers 22nd Division
Airfield information
Elevation	2,198 feet (670 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 13/31 1,500 feet (457 m) M8A1 SSP

Ben Het Camp (also known as Ben Het Special Forces Camp, Ben Het SF/CIDG Camp, Ben Het Ranger Camp, FSB Ben Het and Firebase 12) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base in western Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The camp was notable for being the site of a tank battle between the U.S. Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), one of the few such encounters during the Vietnam War.