Operation Walker | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
North Vietnam Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
BG Richard J. Allen |
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Units involved | |||||||
1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment | 95B Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
42 killed |
US body count 272 killed 72 individual and 13 crew-served weapons recovered |
Operation Walker was a security operation conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in Bình Định Province, South Vietnam from 17 March 1968 to 31 January 1969.