Operation Apache Snow

Operation Apache Snow
Part of the Vietnam War

101st Airborne wounded are loaded on a medevac helicopter
Date10 May – 7 June 1969
Location
Result U.S.-ARVN victory[1]
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
North Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Melvin Zais
John M. Wright
Ma Vinh Lan
Units involved

South Vietnam 1st Infantry Division

  • 1st Regiment
  • 3rd Regiment
United States 101st Airborne Division
Ten artillery batteries
29th Regiment
Casualties and losses
South Vietnam 31 killed
United States 113 killed
US body count: 977 killed
5 captured
609 individual and 143 crew‑served weapons recovered

Operation Apache Snow was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation (10 May – 7 June 1969) during the Vietnam War designed to keep pressure on the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units in the A Sầu Valley and prevent them from mounting any attacks on the neighboring coastal provinces.

  1. ^ Summers Jr., Harry G. (1985). The Vietnam War Almanac. New York: Random House. pp. 184–5. ISBN 0739442902.