Operation Sunset Beach

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Operation Sunset Beach
Part of Vietnam War
Date 2 September – 11 October 1966 Location Hậu Nghĩa Province, South Vietnam Result U.S. claims operational success
Belligerents
United States	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
MGen Frederick C. Weyand Col. Thomas M. Tarpley
Units involved
2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Casualties and losses
29 killed	US body count: 80 killed 135 estimated killed

Operation Sunset Beach was an operation conducted by the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Hậu Nghĩa Province, southeastern Tây Ninh Province and southwestern Bình Dương Province, lasting from 2 September to 11 October 1966.^[1]