| Operation Nathan Hale | |||||||
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| Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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MGen Stanley R. Larsen Col Hal Moore MGen John Norton |
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| Units involved | |||||||
| 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]
- ^ Carland, John (1999). Combat Operations: Stemming the Tide, May 1965 to October 1966. Government Printing Office. p. 194. ISBN 9780160873102.