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PLA Combat Units of the 2nd Sino-Vietnamese War (1984-1988)

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Reconnaissance and Special Operation Units


Dec 1984 to May 1985	1st Recon Group, 20th Army, Wuhan Military Region

Dec 1984 to May 1985	2nd Recon Group, 43rd Army, Guangzhou Military Region

Dec 1984 to May 1985	3rd Recon Group, 50th Army, Chengdu Military Region

Dec 1984 to May 1985	4th Recon Group, 54th Army, Wuhan Military Region

Dec 1984 to May 1985	5th Recon Group, 54th Army, Chengdu Military Region Combat casualties: 6 KIA, 9 WIA

May 1985 to June 1986	6th Recon Group, 46th Army, Jinan Military Region

May 1985 to June 1986	7th Recon Group, 44th Brigade, 15th Airborne Corp

Sept 1985 to July 1986	8th Recon Group, Xinjing Military Region

Sept 1985 to July 1986	9th Recon Group, 19th Army, Lanzhou Military Region

Sept 1985 to July 1986	10th Recon Group, 21st Army, Lanzhou Military Region Combat casualties: 21 KIA 20 KIA during the night attack of High Ground 1828 on March 18th, 1986.

Sept 1986 to Dec 1987	11th Recon Group, 24th Army, Beijing Garrision and Tianjin Garrision, Beijing Military Region

Sept 1986 to Dec 1987	12th Recon Group, 38th Army, Beijing Military Region Combat casualties: 7 KIA, 1 MIA

Dec 1987 to Jan 1989	13th Recon Group, 16th Army, Shenyang Military Region

Dec 1987 to Jan 1989	14th Recon Group, 40th Army, Shenyang Military Region

Dec 1987 to Jan 1989	15th Recon Group, 64th Army, Shenyang Military Region Combat casualties: Less than 20 KIA