Operation Nathan Hale

Operation Nathan Hale
Part of the Vietnam War
Date19–30 June 1966
Location
Phú Yên Province, South Vietnam
13°09′58″N 109°09′58″E / 13.166°N 109.166°E / 13.166; 109.166
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

101st Airborne Division

 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 to 30 June 1966.

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