Operation Clinch Valley

Operation Clinch Valley
Part of the Vietnam War
Date9 – 15 July 1970
Location
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
 North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
United States John J. Hennessey
Sidney Bryan Berry
South Vietnam Ngô Quang Trưởng

Units involved
United States 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
South Vietnam 3rd Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
9th Regiment
Casualties and losses

US body count: 266 killed

Operation Clinch Valley was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation during the Vietnam War to engage People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units on the Khe Sanh plateau and prevent them from reinforcing PAVN units in the A Sầu Valley.