Operation Henderson Hill | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
North Vietnam Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MG Carl A. Youngdale | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
5th Marine Regiment | 90th Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
35 killed |
US body count: 700 killed 94 captured 41 individual and 5 crew-served weapons recovered |
Operation Henderson Hill was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in Happy Valley southwest of Danang, lasting from 23 October to 6 December 1968.