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Operation Barking Sands

Operation Barking Sands
Part of Vietnam War
Date18 May – 7 December 1967
Location
Result US operational success
Belligerents
 United States Viet Cong
Units involved
1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Casualties and losses
152 killed US body count: 304 killed
218 individual and 18 crew-served weapons recovered

Operation Barking Sands was a pacification operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division that took place in Hậu Nghĩa and Bình Dương Provinces, lasting from 18 May to 7 December 1967.