Operation Pershing

Operation Pershing
Part of Vietnam War

quad 50 machine gun during Operation Pershing
Date12 February 1967 – 19 January 1968
Location
Bình Định Province, South Vietnam
Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
 South Korea		 Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
United States John Norton
United States John J. Tolson		 Le Truc
Vo Thu
Units involved
United States 1st Cavalry Division
United States 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
South Vietnam 22nd Division
South Korea Capital Division		 3rd Division
Casualties and losses
United States 852 killed
22 missing[1]
South Vietnam 30+ killed[2]
PAVN claim: 5,000+ killed, wounded or captured[3]:chapter 4		 U.S body count: 5,401 killed

Operation Pershing was an operation conducted by the 1st Cavalry Division, the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 22nd Division and the South Korean Capital Division in Bình Định Province, lasting from 12 February 1967 to 19 January 1968.[4]: 181 

The operation concluded on 19 January 1968 with the 1st Cavalry Division being ordered to move 350 km north from Landing Zone English in Bình Định Province to Camp Evans in Thừa Thiên Province as part of Operation Checkers, to increase the number of maneuver battalions in I Corps in order to support the besieged Marines at Khe Sanh Combat Base and defeat any other People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attack across the DMZ.[5]

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  2. ^ "Combat after action report - Battle of Tam Quan" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. 30 December 1967. p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2019.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference YellowStar_3rdDivision_Memoir was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Shulimson, Jack; LtCol. Leonard Blasiol; Charles R. Smith; Capt. David A. Dawson (1997). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1968, the Defining Year. History and Museums Division, USMC. p. 16. ISBN 0-16-049125-8.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.