The 1st Laotian Parachute Battalion (French: 1er Bataillon de Parachutistes Laotiens (1er BPL); 1st BPL) was a paratroop battalion of the French Union Army formed in Vientiane, French Indochina in 1951. It was composed of French officers and Laotian non-commissioned officers and enlisted men, and fought in the First Indochina War.