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Vietnam Operations Page

US Operation

Dates Executed

Operation Lorraine

1952-1953

Operation Camarque

1953

Operation Castor

1953

Operation Barrel Roll

 14 December 1964

Operation Flaming Dart 1 (retaliatory airstrike)

7 February 1965

Operation Flaming Dart 2 (retaliatory airstrike)

10 February 1965

Operation Starlight

18-21 August 1965

Operation Steel Tiger

December 1965

Operation Double Edge

January 1966

Operation Texas/Lien Ket 28

March 1966

Operation Utah/Lien Ket 26

March 1966

Operation Hastings

July-August 1966

Operation Attleboro
"It was fantastic. At times there would be drumfire of enemy bullets spurting in on us." - PFC William Wallace, Company C 1/27th Infantry, 4 November 1966.

14 September - 24 November 1966

Operation Bolo
"A relatively underdeveloped Asian country with a surplus of men can stand an awful lot of bombing without saying 'uncle'." - Paul Warnke, Asst. Sec'y of Defense, February 1968.

 2 January 1967

Operation Cedar Falls

US Losses - 282 killed; 1,587 wounded; 3 tanks destroyed; 21 APCs destroyed; 12 trucks destroyed; 4 helicopters destroyed; 5 howitzers destroyed; 2-quad 50s and carriers destroyed

VC/NVN Losses - 2,728 killed; 34 prisoners; 139 defectors to anti-Communist forces (in response to 9,768,000 air-dropped leaflets and 102 hours of aerial loudspeaker appeals); 65 suspected VC detained

8-26 January 1967

Operation Prairie 1 & 2

January 1967

Operation Tuscaloosa

US Losses - 17 KIA (USMC)
  2 KIA (USN)
  38 WIA evac'd
  14 WIA non-evac'd

VC Losses - 79 KIA confirmed
  64 KIA probable
  28 WIA confirmed
  50 WIA probable

  07:30 24 January 1967 -
18:00 28 January 1967

Operation Game Warden

 February 1967

Operation Market Time

February 1967

Operation Junction City

US Losses - 72 killed; 337 wounded; 1 tank destroyed; 3 tanks damaged; 3 APCs destroyed; 9 APCs damaged; 2 helicopters damaged

VC/NVN Losses - appx. 750 killed; 280 prisoners; 540 defectors to anti-Communist forces; 512 suspected VC detained; 5,987 refugees evacuated

22 February-14 May 1967

Operation Union 1 & 2

May 1967

Operation Buffalo

July 1967

Operation Neutralize

11 September-31 October 1967

Operation Kingfisher

October 1967

Operation Kentucky

1 November 1967

Operation Scotland 1

1 November 1967

Operation Fairfax

1967

Operation Hickory

1967

Operation Clearwater

1967

Operation Niagara 1

5 January 1968

Operation Niagara 2

21 January-31 March 1968

Operation Rolling Thunder

March 1965-1 November 1968

Operation Pegasus

April 1968

Operation Meade River

30 September-9 December 1968

Operation Lancaster 2

1968

Operation Allen Brook

1968

Operation Lancaster 2

1968

Operation Jeb Stuart

1968

Operation Napoleon/Saline

1968

Operation Mameluke Thrust

1968

Operation Dewey Canyon

22 January-19 March 1969

Operation Scotland 2

February 1969

Operation Lam Son 719

US Losses - 176 killed; 1,942 wounded; 42 missing; 75 tanks destroyed or captured; 198 crew-served weapons destroyed or captured; 3,000 personal weapons destroyed or captured; 1 USN a/c lost; 6 USAF a/c lost; 1 USMC helicopter lost; 107 USA helicopters lost & 600 damaged; ARVN: 1,483 killed; 5,420 wounded; 691 missing

Communist Losses - 13,636 killed; 69 captured; 76 artillery pieces destroyed; 1,934 crew- served weapons destroyed; 106 tanks destroyed; 405 trucks destroyed; 5,066 personal weapons destroyed; 12,000 short tons of rice destroyed

1971

Operation Linebacker 1

 1971

Operation Linebacker 2

Tactical a/c sorties:1,000+

B-52s lost: 15

B-52 sorties: appx. 740

B-52 aircrew killed: 4

SAMs fired: appx. 1,000

B-52 aircrew captured: 33

MiGs destroyed: 8

B-52 aircrew missing: 29

Tactical a/c lost: 11

B-52 aircrew recovered: 26

19-30 December 1972

Operation Babylift

3 April 1975

Other US Actions in Vietnam

Hamburger Hill (Dong Ap Bia/Hill 937)
"You may not be able to read this. I am writing this in a hurry. I see death coming up the hill." Extract from a soldier's letter home (May 1969)

US losses:

70 KIA
372 WIA

NVA losses:

630+ KIA
unk. WIA

11-20 May 1969

Ia Drang Campaign

US losses:

79 KIA
121 WIA

NVA losses:

634 KIA
unk. WIA

26 October-27 November 1965

Long Tan (Australian)

ATF losses:

17 KIA
unk. WIA

VC losses:

245 KIA
unk. WIA

18 August 1966

Rach Ba Rai River

15 September 1967

 An Loc

8 April-11 July 1972

Thanh Hoa Bridge
"The North Vietnamese have never been bombed like they're going to be bombed this time." - Richard M. Nixon, April 1972.

13 May 1972

 The Fall of The South
"The Americans abandoned us. They sold us out...A great ally failed a small ally." - President Nguyen Van Thieu, 21 April 1975.

11 March-30 April 1975

 Dien Bien Phu

13 March-7 May 1954

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

2 August 1964

Khe Sanh
This crushing defeat...cost the Communists untold casualties...and frustrated their dreams of a second Dien Bien Phu." - General William C. Westmoreland, MACV.

21 January-7 April 1968

 Ap Bac
"I predict to you, that you will, step by step, be sucked into a bottomless military and political quagmire." - President DeGaulle to President Kennedy - May 1961.

2 January 1963

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