| Operation Byrd | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
 Operation Byrd area of operations, November 1967 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States South Vietnam |
 Viet Cong | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lt. Col. Billy M. Vaughan Lt. Col. Joseph T. Griffin Jr. Lt. Col. Nguyen Khac Tuan | General Nguyễn Minh Châu | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment 44th Regiment |
482nd Battalion 840th Battalion | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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11 killed 41 killed |
US/ARVN body count: 913 killed 300 weapons recovered | ||||||
Operation Byrd was a security operation conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 44th Regiment in Bình Thuận Province, South Vietnam from August 1966 to 1 December 1967.