Facts and Figures About the Battle of Long Tan
As part of the work behind this project, I undertook more than 2 years of extensive research in order to ensure accuracy of our “The Battle of Long Tan” documentary and the upcoming “Long Tan” feature film. To help us inform the media about the facts and figures surrounding the battle we developed a simple .PDF document with all the information.
Click on this link to download The Battle of Long Tan Fact Sheet (.pdf document).
Here is just a sample of some of the Facts & Figures:
Total Australian and enemy casualties as a result of the Battle of Long Tan -
Australian
- 18 killed (17 from D Coy, 6RAR and 1 from 3Trp, 1APC Squadron)
- 21 wounded
A wounded Corporal Buddy Lea from, 10 Platoon, D Company in hospital shortly after the battle. He was shot twice while helping the injured Sgt Paddy Todd back to the D Company aid post.
NVA and VC
- 245- 800 killed (245 bodies officially counted on the battlefield but many more bodies were found over two weeks after the battle and VC tactics were to remove the dead so no accurate counts could be made.)
- More than 1,000 wounded (Identified from captured documents)
- 2 wounded NVA soldiers were captured on the battlefield
- 1 wounded VC soldier was captured on the battlefield
Total number of forces opposing each other on the battlefield at Long Tan -
Australia & New Zealand
- 105 soldiers from D Coy, 6RAR, Australian Army
- 3 man New Zealand Forward Artillery Observation party, 161 Bty RNZA
- Total 108 men
NVA and VC
- 1,600 soldiers from VC, 275 Main Force Regiment + support elements
- 500 soldiers from North Vietnamese Army, 45 Regiment + support elements
- 550 soldiers from VC, D445 Battalion + support elements
- Total 2,650+ men
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