Operation Bolling

Operation Bolling
	Part of Vietnam War
	; A CH-47 lands a 105mm howitzer 20km northwest of Tuy Hoa, 19 September 1967
Date	19 September 1967 - 31 January 1969
Location	Phú Yên Province, South Vietnam
Result	U.S. operational success
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
BG Leo H. Schweiter	;
Units involved
503rd Infantry Regiment	95th Regiment
Casualties and losses
67 killed; 1 helicopter destroyed	US body count 693 killed; 59 captured; 247 weapons recovered

Operation Bolling was a search and destroy and security operation conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 503rd Infantry Regiment in Phú Yên Province, South Vietnam from 19 September 1967 to 31 January 1969.

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