Operation El Paso

Operation El Paso/El Paso II
Part of Vietnam War
Date19 May – 13 July 1966
Location10°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

United States 1st Infantry Division

1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment
South Vietnam 5th Infantry Division

9th Division

  • 271st Regiment
  • 272nd Regiment
  • 273rd Regiment
Casualties and losses
United States 125 killed
South Vietnam ~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.


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