Operation Carentan | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
![]() Operation Carentan, 3 May 1968 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MG Olinto M. Barsanti |
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Units involved | |||||||
![]() 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division ![]() | 29th Regiment, 325C Division | ||||||
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US body count: 2,320 killed 157 suspects detained 488 individual and 93 crew-served weapons recovered[1]: 174 |
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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