Operation Billings | |||||||
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Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
A CH-47 resupplies the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 21 June 1967 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John H. Hay Sidney Marks | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division | 271st Regiment, 9th Division | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
57 killed |
U.S. body count: 347 killed 1 captured |
Operation Billings was a U.S. search and destroy operation conducted by the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division north of Phước Vĩnh during the Vietnam War. The operation was conducted from 12 to 26 June 1967 and resulted in 347 VC killed and one captured against U.S. losses of 57 killed.