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| Operation Benton | |||||||
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| Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
 Operations Hood River and Benton, August–September 1967 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| MG Richard T. Knowles |
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| Units involved | |||||||
| 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division | 21st Regiment | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 45 killed |
US body count: 503 killed 9 captured[1] 132 weapons recovered | ||||||
Operation Benton was an operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Quảng Tín Province, lasting from 13 to 29 August 1967.[2]: 248
- ^ U.S. Marines in Vietnam Fighting the North Vietnamese marines.mil
- ^ MacGarrigle, George (1998). Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967. United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 9780160495403.
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