Date Duration |
Operation Name |
Unit(s) – Description |
Location |
VC–
PAVN
KIAs |
Allied KIAs
|
Jan 1 – Mar 13 |
Operation Greene Storm
[1] |
173rd Airborne Brigade operation |
Bình Định,
Phu Bon and
Pleiku Provinces |
|
|
Jan 1 – Mar 31 |
Operation Greene Lightning
[1] |
173rd Airborne Brigade operation |
Bình Định Province |
|
|
Jan 1 – Apr 31 |
Operation Keystone Robin (Charlie)
[1] |
Redeployment of the
1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade,
25th Infantry Division and
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from South Vietnam to the United States |
|
|
|
Jan 4 – 21 |
Operation Golden Dragon II
[2] |
ROK
2nd Marine Brigade clear and search operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
1 |
|
Jan 11 – Mar 29 |
Operation Upshur Stream
[1] |
1st Reconnaissance Battalion,
1st Battalion, 1st Marines and
1st Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 30 – Feb 5 |
Operation Dewey Canyon II
[3] |
1st Brigade,
5th Infantry Division,
101st Airborne Division and 2nd Squadron,
17th Cavalry Regiment operation to support the ARVN
Operation Lam Son 719 effort to open
Route 9 through
Khe Sanh to the Laotian border and to reestablish Khe Sanh as a major combat support base |
Route 9 |
|
estimated 75
|
Feb 2 – Mar 8 |
Operation Ivy
[1] |
173rd Airborne Brigade reconnaissance operation |
|
|
|
Feb 3 – Mar 10 |
Operation Hoang Dieu 103
[1] |
III MAF,
ROK 2nd Marine Brigade and ARVN 51st Regiment operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Feb 8 – Mar 25 |
Operation Lam Son 719
[3]: 66–85 |
ARVN armored and airborne invasion of
Laos with US airlift and air support along
Route 9 to
Tchepone to sever the
Ho Chi Minh Trail |
Route 9 |
2163 |
1529 ARVN KIA, 625 MIA, 215 US KIA, 38 MIA
|
Mar 1 – Jul 1 |
Operation Finney Hill
[1]
[4] |
11th Infantry Brigade and
198th Infantry Brigade operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
781 |
93
|
Mar 1 – Jul 1 |
Operation Middlesex Peak
[1] |
196th Infantry Brigade,
198th Infantry Brigade and
ARVN 2nd Division operation |
Quang Tin and
Quảng Ngãi Provinces |
463 |
|
Mar 9 |
Operation Bright Light
[1] |
198th Infantry Brigade POW recovery operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Mar 13 – 27 |
Operation Wasco Rapids
[1] |
198th Infantry Brigade and
ARVN 2nd Division clear and search operation in |
Song Ve river valley,
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Mar 14 – Apr 21 |
Operation Greene Sure
[1] |
173rd Airborne Brigade operation |
Bình Định Province |
|
|
Apr 8 – Jul 11 |
Operation Montana Mustang
[5] |
1st Brigade,
5th Infantry Division operation intended to locate and destroy enemy forces, eliminate VC infrastructure, conduct reaction/exploitation operations and assist in pacification and
Vietnamization |
Quảng Trị Province |
91 |
57
|
Apr 29 – Jul 1 |
Operation Caroline Hill
[1] |
196th Infantry Brigade operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
May 1 – June 30 |
Operation Keystone Oriole (Alpha)
[1] |
Redeployment of three infantry battalions and one air cavalry squadron from South Vietnam to the United States |
|
|
|
May 4 – 31 |
Operation Toan Thang TT02
[6] |
ARVN III Corps operation to lure the VC with a regiment placed in
Snoul |
north of
Lộc Ninh on
Route 13 |
|
|
May 4 – June 29 |
Operation Quyet Thang 208
[7] |
ARVN 2nd Division and
71st Assault Helicopter Company operation |
Quang Tin,
Quảng Ngãi and
Kon Tum Provinces |
|
|
June 6–7 |
Operation Overlord
[8] |
6–7 June 1971 |
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment pacification operation in
Long Khánh Province |
|
|
Jul |
Operation Iron Fox
[9]
[10] |
2nd Squadron
SAS,
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and
4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (
ANZAC) operation against the
VC 274th Regiment |
|
12 |
1
|
Jul 1 – Aug 31 |
Operation Keystone Oriole (Bravo)
[1] |
Redeployment of the
173rd Airborne Brigade from South Vietnam to the United States |
|
|
|
Jul 1 – Oct 4 |
Unnamed
[11] |
23rd Infantry Division operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
324 |
|
Aug 20 – Dec 3 |
Operation Chenla II
[12] |
FANK operation against
NVA to reopen
Route 6 |
Route 6 |
3500+ claimed |
4500+ claimed
|
Sep 1 – Nov 30 |
Operation Keystone Oriole (Charlie)
[1] |
Redeployment of the
23rd Infantry Division,
11th Infantry Brigade and
198th Infantry Brigade from South Vietnam to the United States |
|
|
|
Sep 6 – 25 |
Operation Lam Son 810
[13] |
ARVN operation with US support to disrupt the flow of PAVN supplies |
northern
Quảng Trị Province |
175 |
75
|
Sep 18 – Oct 2 |
Operation Ivanhoe
[14] |
4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (
ANZAC) security operation in northern
Phước Tuy Province |
|
5
|
Sep 28 – Oct 2 |
Operation Katum
[1] |
3/1 Cavalry and 2nd Squadron,
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operation for the withdrawal of US personnel |
FSB Katum,
Tây Ninh Province |
|
|
Dec 1 – Jan 31 72 |
Operation Keystone Mallard
[1] |
101st Airborne Division redeployment from South Vietnam to the United States |
|
|
|
Dec 26 – 30 |
Operation Proud Deep Alpha
[15] |
USAF and USN bombing operations |
Route Package 1 south of the 20th Parallel |
|
7
|