Battle of the Slopes

Battle of the Slopes
	Part of Operation Greeley and Vietnam War
	; Troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade during Operation Greeley
Date	20-22 June 1967
Location	Hill 1388, Kon Tum Province, Republic of Vietnam
Result	PAVN victory
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
John R. Deane Jr.; Edward A. Partain; Frederick J. Milton	Unknown
Units involved
Companies A & C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment	6th Battalion, 24th Regiment
Casualties and losses
79 killed	106-475 estimated killed, but only 10-18 bodies found

The Battle of the Slopes was the site of an engagement between elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate), nicknamed "Westmoreland's Fire Brigade" and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units, as part of Operation Greeley.

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