Operation Thayer (original) (raw)

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Operation Thayer (13 September 1966 – 1 October 1966), Operation Irving (2 October 1966 – 24 October 1966) and Operation Thayer II (24 October 1966 – 11 February 1967) were related operations with the objective of eliminating People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) influence in Bình Định Province on the central coast of South Vietnam. The operations were carried out primarily by the United States (US) 1st Cavalry Division against PAVN and VC regiments believed to be in Bình Định. South Korean and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces also took part in the operation. The sustained operations were deemed a success by the US, which claimed that more than 2,500 PAVN/VC killed at a loss of about 329 American dead. Many areas under PAVN/VC influence were abandoned by the rural population as non-combatants fled the fighting or were forced by American and South Vietnamese forces to leave their homes. The PAVN/VC were able to break up into smaller units and evade open-battle against an overwhelming air-land-sea deployment of US forces, and much like in Operation Masher which preceded it, they were able to return and contest the region once the operation had died down. (en)

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unknown
52 killed
242 killed
35 killed and missing
947 wounded
Operation Irving:
Operation Thayer II:
Operation Thayer:
PAVN claim: 1,800+ killed or wounded:chapter 4
U.S figure:

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Viet Cong
North Vietnam

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dbr:John_Norton_(soldier)

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1966-09-13 (xsd:date)

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Allied operational success

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Operation Irving: (en)
Operation Thayer II: (en)
Operation Thayer: (en)
PAVN claim: 1,800+ killed or wounded:chapter 4 (en)
U.S body counts: 2,669 killed (en)
U.S figure: (en)

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North Vietnam (en)
Viet Cong (en)

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Col Le Truc (en)
MG John Norton (en)

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Operation Thayer, Irving and Thayer II (en)

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0001-09-13 (xsd:gMonthDay)

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Allied operational success (en)

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Operation Thayer (13 September 1966 – 1 October 1966), Operation Irving (2 October 1966 – 24 October 1966) and Operation Thayer II (24 October 1966 – 11 February 1967) were related operations with the objective of eliminating People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) influence in Bình Định Province on the central coast of South Vietnam. The operations were carried out primarily by the United States (US) 1st Cavalry Division against PAVN and VC regiments believed to be in Bình Định. South Korean and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces also took part in the operation. (en)

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