Operation Silver City
1966 action by the US army in South Vietnam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Silver City was an operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Biên Hòa Province, lasting from 7 to 23 March 1966.[1]
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (June 2018) |
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Operation Silver City | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
173rd Airborne troops patrol along the Sông Bé during the operation | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
North Vietnam Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
BG Willard Pearson BG Paul F. Smith Col. Edgar N. Glotzbach |
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Units involved | |||||||
1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division 173rd Airborne Brigade | 271st Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
11 killed 1 helicopter destroyed |
US body count: 353 killed 218 estimated killed |
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