| Operation Jefferson Glenn | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States South Vietnam |
 North Vietnam Viet Cong | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division 1st Division |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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| US body count: 2,026 killed | ||||||
Operation Jefferson Glenn ran from 5 September 1970 to 8 October 1971 and was the last major operation in which U.S. ground forces participated during the Vietnam War and the final major offensive in which the 101st Airborne Division fought.[1] This was a joint military operation combining forces of the 101st Airborne and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 1st Infantry Division.
- ^ Summers Jr., Harry G. (1985). The Vietnam War Almanac. New York: Random House. p. 55. ISBN 0-7394-4290-2. OCLC 9730994.