| Operation Austin IV | |||||||
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| Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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BG Willard Pearson Lt.Col. Henry E. Emerson |
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| Units involved | |||||||
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1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division 173rd Airborne Brigade | 141st Regiment | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 9 killed |
US body count: 101 killed 148 estimated killed 6 captured | ||||||
Operation Austin IV was a search and destroy operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade in western Quang Duc and Phước Long Provinces, from 1 to 18 May 1966.[1]
- ^ Jones, Frank (2015). The U.S. Army Campaigns of the Vietnam War: Buying Time 1965-1966 (PDF). Center of Military History. p. 48.