Operation McLain

Operation McLain
Part of Vietnam War
Date20 January 1968 – 31 January 1969
Location
Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
United States John R. D. Cleland
South Vietnam Nguyen Ba Thinh

Units involved
United States 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
South Vietnam 44th Regiment
482nd Local Force Battalion
840th Main Force Battalion
Casualties and losses
United States 69 killed US body count 1,042 killed
333 individual and 40 crew-served weapons recovered

Operation McLain (also known as Operation Dan Thang) was a security operation conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 44th Regiment, 23rd Division in Bình Thuận Province, South Vietnam from 20 January 1968 to 31 January 1969.