Operation Nathan Hale

Operation Nathan Hale
	Part of Vietnam War
Date	19–30 June 1966
Location	Phú Yên Province, South Vietnam13°09′58″N 109°09′58″E / 13.166°N 109.166°E
Result	U.S. claims operational success
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MGen Stanley R. Larsen; Col Hal Moore; MGen John Norton	;
Units involved
1st Cavalry Division 1st Brigade; 3rd Brigade; 101st Airborne Division 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment;	18B Regiment
Casualties and losses
~32 killed	US body count: 450 killed; further 300 estimated killed

Operation Nathan Hale was an operation conducted by the 1st Cavalry Division west of Phú Yên Province, lasting from 19–30 June 1966.^[1]

^ Carland, John (1999). Combat Operations: Stemming the Tide, May 1965 to October 1966. Government Printing Office. p. 194. ISBN 9780160873102.