Firebase Gela
11°13′59″N 106°28′08″E / 11.233°N 106.469°E / 11.233; 106.469 (Firebase Gela)Type U.S. Army Site information Condition abandoned Site history Built 1969 In use 1969 Battles/wars 
Vietnam WarGarrison information Occupants 1st Infantry Division
Vietnam War
Firebase Gela (also known as FSB Ge La) was a U.S. Army firebase located northwest of Lai Khê and southeast of Dầu Tiếng District in southern Vietnam.
History
Gela was constructed in 1969 by the 1st Infantry Division approximately 17 km northwest of Lai Khê.[1]
The base was assaulted by units of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 7th Infantry Division on the morning of 13 May 1969, the assault was repulsed for the loss of three U.S. and an estimated 39 PAVN soldiers killed.[1]
On 14 September 1969 a shaped charge on the base perimeter accidentally discharged killing eight U.S. soldiers.[2]
Units based at Gela included:
- 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry
- 8th Battalion, 6th Artillery[1]
Current use
The base has reverted to jungle.
References
- ^ a b c Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-1555716257.
- ^ Hodal, Kate (28 February 2015). "'Did they survive?': children of the Vietnam war, 50 years on". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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