Operation Nathan Hale

Operation Nathan Hale
Part of Vietnam War
Date19–30 June 1966
Location13°09′58″N 109°09′58″E / 13.166°N 109.166°E / 13.166; 109.166
Result U.S. claims operational success
Belligerents
 United States Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MGen Stanley R. Larsen
Col Hal Moore
MGen John Norton

Units involved

1st Cavalry Division

101st Airborne Division

18B Regiment
Casualties and losses
~32 killed US body count: 450 killed
further 300 estimated killed

Operation Nathan Hale was an operation conducted by the 1st Cavalry Division west of Phú Yên Province, lasting from 19–30 June 1966.[1]

  1. ^ Carland, John (1999). Combat Operations: Stemming the Tide, May 1965 to October 1966. Government Printing Office. p. 194. ISBN 9780160873102.

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