Plei Djereng Camp

Plei Djereng Camp (also known as Plei Djereng Special Forces Camp) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

History
A base was first established in December 1964 by the 5th Special Forces Group Detachment A-214 to monitor communist infiltration along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The camp was located 41km northwest of Pleiku and near to the Cambodian border.

Special Forces Detachment A-214 (later redesignated A-251) took over the camp in August 1965.

On 14 October 1966 the People'a Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked reconnaissance patrols out of Plei Djereng. On 21 October U.S. forces launched Operation Paul Revere IV deploying the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division north of the camp and the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division south of the camp. In the first 12 days of the operation losses were 22 U.S. and 138 PAVN killed.

In late October 1966 the camp was moved 8km south and the 20th Engineer Battalion built a new airfield here.

The 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division comprising: was based at Plei Djereng in May 1970 to support the Cambodian Campaign.
 * 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry
 * 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry

Other units based at Plei Djereng included:
 * 1st Battalion, 69th Armor

The camp was transferred to the ARVN 80th Border Rangers in October 1970.

Current use
The base is abandoned and turned over to farmland.