Operation Atlas Wedge

Operation Atlas Wedge
Part of the Vietnam War
Date17 – 24 March 1969
Location
Result U.S. victory
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
North Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
George Patton IV
Lee D. Duke
John W. McEnery

Units involved
United States 1st and 3rd Squadrons 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment
South Vietnam Minh Thanh CIDG Company
7th Division
Casualties and losses
United States 7 killed US body count: 335 killed
11 captured

Operation Atlas Wedge was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation from 17 to 24 March 1969 during the Vietnam War designed to engage People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units in the Michelin Rubber Plantation, Bình Dương Province.