Operation Carentan

Operation Carentan
Part of Vietnam War

Operation Carentan, 3 May 1968
Date18 March – 17 May 1968
Location
Result US operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Olinto M. Barsanti
Units involved
United States 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division
South Vietnam 1st Division
29th Regiment, 325C Division
Casualties and losses
United States 214 killed US body count: 2,320 killed
157 suspects detained
488 individual and 93 crew-served weapons recovered[1]: 174 

Operation Carentan and Operation Carentan II were security operations conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 1st and 2nd Brigades, 101st Airborne Division and the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Thừa Thiên Province, South Vietnam from 18 March to 17 May 1968.

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