Operation Attleboro
Operation Attleboro was a Vietnam War search and destroy operation initiated by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade with the objective to discover the location(s) of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) base areas and force them to fight. The operation was named after Attleboro, Massachusetts, where the brigade had been formed. Operation Attleboro grew to be the largest series of air mobile operations to that time, involving all or elements of the 196th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division and a brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as numerous Army of the Republic of Vietnam and Regional Forces/Popular Forces and Nùngs. In the end, the operation became a Corps operation commanded by II Field Force, Vietnam.
| Operation Attleboro | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
Infantrymen attacking out of a Huey during Attleboro. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United States South Vietnam |
Viet Cong North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Edward H. de Saussure William E. DePuy | Hoàng Cầm | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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196th Light Infantry Brigade 1st Infantry Division 4th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division |
9th Division 101st Regiment | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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155 killed 5 missing |
US body count: 1,016 killed 200+ missing or captured ~127 individual and 19 crew-served weapons recovered | ||||||