Operation Wheeler/Wallowa

Operation Wheeler/Wallowa
	Part of the Vietnam War
	; 101st Airborne 81mm mortar crew firing during Operation Wheeler
Date	11 September 1967 – 11 November 1968
Location	Hiệp Đức District-Quế Sơn Valley, South Vietnam
Result	US operational success
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Samuel W. Koster	Le Tru Huu †; Giap Van Cuong
Units involved
101st Airborne Division 1st Brigade CT; 1st Cavalry Division 3rd Brigade CT;	2nd Division
Casualties and losses
682 killed	US body count: 10,008 killed; 600 weapons recovered (up to January 1968)

Operation Wheeler/Wallowa was a U.S. offensive operation during the Vietnam War, launched on 11 September 1967 as two separate operations and concluding in November 1968. Initially named as Operation Wheeler and Wallowa, this was merged in November 1967 as Wheeler/Wallowa.^[2] The operation was at first conducted by the 101st Airborne Division and 1st Cavalry Division, but it was progressively taken over by 23rd Infantry (Americal) Division.

Some of the Tiger Force killings took place during the operation.

^ ^a ^b Willbanks, James (2013). Vietnam War Almanac: An In-Depth Guide to the Most Controversial Conflict in American History. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781626365285.
^ Tucker, Spencer (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1340–1341. ISBN 9781851099610.

[Willbanks-1] Willbanks, James (2013). Vietnam War Almanac: An In-Depth Guide to the Most Controversial Conflict in American History. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781626365285.

[Tucker-2] Tucker, Spencer (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1340–1341. ISBN 9781851099610.

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