Operation Quyet Thang | |||||||
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Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam | Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
LTG Frederick C. Weyand LTG Lê Nguyên Khang | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
2nd and 3rd Brigades, 1st Infantry Division 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 199th Light Infantry Brigade Marine Brigade Airborne Division 7th and 8th Regiments, 5th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division | 20 battalions | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
US/South Vietnamese body count: 2,658 killed 427 captured |
Operation Quyet Thang (transl. "Resolved to win"), was a United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) security operation to reestablish South Vietnamese control over the areas immediately around Saigon in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. The operation started on 11 March 1968 and ended on 7 April 1968.