Operation Elk Canyon

Operation Elk Canyon
Part of the Vietnam War
Date12 July – 29 September 1970
Location
Khâm Đức, Quảng Tín Province (now Quảng Nam Province), South Vietnam
15°26′17.50″N 107°47′48.85″E / 15.4381944°N 107.7969028°E / 15.4381944; 107.7969028
Result inconclusive
Belligerents
 United States  North Vietnam
Units involved
196th Infantry Brigade
Casualties and losses
6 killed in action
31 killed in CH-47 crash		 US body count: 107 killed
1 captured

Operation Elk Canyon was a search and clear operation during the Vietnam War near Khâm Đức, Quảng Tín Province, that took place from 12 July to 29 September 1970.