Operation Carentan

Operation Carentan
	Part of Vietnam War
	; Operation Carentan, 3 May 1968
Date	18 March – 17 May 1968
Location	Thừa Thiên Province, South Vietnam
Result	US operational success
Belligerents
United States; South Vietnam	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Olinto M. Barsanti	;
Units involved
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division; 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division; 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division; 1st Division	29th Regiment, 325C Division
Casualties and losses
214 killed	US body count: 2,320 killed; 157 suspects detained; 488 individual and 93 crew-served weapons recovered

Operation Carentan and Operation Carentan II were security operations conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 1st and 2nd Brigades, 101st Airborne Division and the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Thừa Thiên Province, South Vietnam from 18 March to 17 May 1968.

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