Operation Billings

Operation Billings
Part of the Vietnam War

A CH-47 resupplies the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 21 June 1967
Date12–26 June 1967
Location
Result U.S. operational success
Belligerents
 United States Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
John H. Hay
Sidney Marks
Units involved
3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division 271st Regiment, 9th Division
Casualties and losses
57 killed U.S. body count: 347 killed
1 captured

Operation Billings was a U.S. search and destroy operation conducted by the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division north of Phước Vĩnh during the Vietnam War. The operation was conducted from 12 to 26 June 1967 and resulted in 347 VC killed and one captured against U.S. losses of 57 killed.