Operation Geronimo (Vietnam)

Operation Gerinomo
Part of Vietnam War
Date31 October – 4 December 1966
Location
Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Korea
 South Vietnam
Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
United States BG Willard Pearson
Units involved

United States 4th Infantry Division

  • 1st Brigade

United States 101st Airborne Division

  • 1st Brigade

South Korea 9th Infantry Division

  • 28th Infantry Regiment

South Vietnam 22nd Infantry Division

  • 47th Infantry Regiment
18B Regiment
95th Regiment
Casualties and losses
United States 16 killed US body count: 150 killed
76 captured

Operation Geronimo was a joint operation conducted by U.S., South Korean and South Vietnamese forces in Phú Yên Province, lasting from 31 October to 4 December 1966.[1]: 79 

  1. ^ MacGarrigle, George (1998). Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967. United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 9780160495403.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.