Operation El Paso

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Operation El Paso/El Paso II
Part of Vietnam War
Date 19 May – 13 July 1966 Location Bình Long Province (now Binh Phuoc Province, South Vietnam 10°54′N 106°48′E / 10.9°N 106.8°E / 10.9; 106.8 Result US & South Vietnamese claim operational success
Belligerents
United States  South Vietnam	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
BG William E. DePuy Col. William Brodbeck Col. Sidney Berry	Senior Col. Hoàng Cầm
Units involved
1st Infantry Division 1st Brigade 3rd Brigade 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment 5th Infantry Division	9th Division 271st Regiment 272nd Regiment 273rd Regiment
Casualties and losses
125 killed ~19 killed	US/ARVN body count: 825 killed 1,249 estimated killed

Operation El Paso and Operation El Paso II were operations conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division in Bình Long Province, lasting from 19 May to 13 July 1966.