1964 FLHP rebellion

September 2025 1964 FLHP rebellion the Vietnam War and FULRO insurgency 26 August – 20 September 1964 Anti-Communist Montagnard Fighter 1962.jpg 280px A Montagnard tribesman during training in 1962. Central Highlands, South Vietnam Inconclusive Initial Montagnards success South Vietnamese Government Recapture the radio station in Ban Mê Thuật Withdrawal of Montagnards to Cambodia South Vietnam Provisional Government of South Vietnam South Vietnam High National Council (civillian) War flag of South Vietnam.svg Military Revolutionary Council FLHP drapeau.png Central Highlands Liberation FrontFlag of BAJARAKA.svg BAJARAKA South Vietnam Phan Khắc Sửu (de jure head of state)South Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân OánhDe facto rulers: War flag of South Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Khánh War flag of South Vietnam.svg Dương Văn Minh War flag of South Vietnam.svg Trần Thiện Khiêm War flag of South Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Phước Vĩnh Lộc War flag of South Vietnam.svg Hoàng Xuân Lãm Y Bham EnuolY Dhơn Adrong II Corps 23rd Division None 56 killed Unknown FLHP rebellion, fought in Central Highlands, South Vietnam, was an uprising of the Vietnam War, between the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and the Central Highlands Liberation Front (FLHP). Rebellion On 26 August 1964, a congress of 55 moderate Montagnards, representing ethnic minorities, met in Pleiku, Vietnam. Fearing being excluded from the negotiations, the rebels staged an uprising On the night of 19 to 20 September 1964 Montagnard strike force personnel in five CIDG camps near Ban Me Thuot initiated the revolt These camps included Buon Mi Gia, Buon Sar Pa, Bu Prang, Ban Don and Buon Brieng. At Camp Buon Sar Pa, 400 Montagnard rebels quickly seized control. The Montagnards killed eleven LLDBs troops at the camp. Captain Charles B. Darnell Jr. and his team were disarmed and held hostage in the team house. The strikers seized the nearby district headquarters at Dak Mil. At Bu Prang southwest of Buon Sar Pa, three companies of the rebels seized the camp early in the morning. Fifteen LLDBs were killed. Later, seventeen Vietnamese Popular Forces were killed at a nearby checkpoint. At Camp Buon Mi Ga located southeast of Ban Me Thuot, the rebels were organized into four companies about 614 rebels and advised by Captain Donald L. Loa’s detachment A-121A. The Montagnards killed ten Vietnamese Special Forces and disarmed Captain Loa’s team before leaving the Americans under guard as they took the trucks to drive to Ban Me Thuot. American helicopters arrived and CPT Loa and his team were allowed to leave the camp. At Ban Don the rebels disarmed and tied up several LLDBs and several Americans were disarmed and put under guard. The rebels controlled Highway 14, attacked Srépok post, then advanced to Buôn Ma Thuột, occupied the VTVN radio station, and called on the Montagnards to rise up against the South Vietnamese government to create an independent nation. A Team Effort: The Montagnard Uprising of September 1964 https://arsof-history.org/articles/v3n2_montagnard_page_1.html arsof-history.org 2025-11-29 en-us U. S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) History Department On 20 September 1964, General Nguyễn Phước Vĩnh Lộc, commander of Tactical Zone II, declared martial law in Buôn Ma Thuột, the 23rd Division, along with several commando and armored battalions, were mobilized to retake the radio station and other rebel-occupied outposts. Suddenly the US embassy advised Vĩnh Lộc to negotiate.https://nghiencuuquocte.org/2020/05/26/vai-tro-luc-luong-fulro-chien-tranh-viet-nam/ Vai trò của lực lượng Fulro trong Chiến tranh Việt Nam May 26, 2020 nghiencuuquocte.org Vietnamese Aftermath Y Bhăm Êñuôl á representative of the moderate faction of FLHP, was invited to negotiate with the rebels. The results of the agreements: Y Bhăm Êñuôl was appointed as the official president of the FLHP movement. However, Y Bham Eñuol fled to Cambodia on the afternoon of 20 September. Rebel commanders were not prosecuted and were not pursued as they withdrew through Cambodia.https://special.nhandan.vn/tu_bajaraka_den_fulro/index.html Từ BAJARAKA đến FULRO Báo Nhân Dân special.nhandan.vn The uprising killed 36 South Vietnamese Special Forces and 17 South Vietnamese Popular Force, while an unknown number of the FLHP casualties. See also FULRO Degar State References Further reading Trần Ngọc Thống Hồ Đắc Huân Lê Đình Thụy 2011 Lược sử Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa 170–172 Hương Quê 9780985218201 Category:Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1964 Category:1964 in South Vietnam Category:September 1964 in Asia Category:Central Highlands (Vietnam)