Operation Benton

Operation Benton
Part of Vietnam War

Operations Hood River and Benton, August–September 1967
Date13–29 August 1967
Location
Result US claims operational success
Belligerents
 United States Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Richard T. Knowles
Units involved
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division 21st Regiment
Casualties and losses
45 killed US body count: 503 killed
9 captured[1]
132 weapons recovered

Operation Benton was an operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Quảng Tín Province, lasting from 13 to 29 August 1967.[2]: 248 

  1. ^ U.S. Marines in Vietnam Fighting the North Vietnamese marines.mil
  2. ^ MacGarrigle, George (1998). Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967. United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 9780160495403.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.