Operation Toan Thang II | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
Troops from Company "D", 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment search a sampan | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam Thailand |
Viet Cong North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MG Frederick C. Weyand MG Walter T. Kerwin Jr. LTG Đỗ Cao Trí |
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Units involved | |||||||
1st Infantry Division 9th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 1st Cavalry Division 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 199th Light Infantry Brigade 12th Combat Aviation Group River Patrol Force (TF-116) 5th Division 18th Division 25th Division Airborne Division |
1st Division 5th Division 7th Division 9th Division | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
United States 1,798 killed |
U.S. body count: 25,428 killed 10,724 captured 10,285 individual and 2,307 crew-served weapons recovered |
Operation Toan Thang II ("Complete Victory") was an operation conducted by the US Army and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the Vietnam War between 1 June 1968 and 16 February 1969. It was designed to keep pressure on the Viet Cong (VC) and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces at III Corps.