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Operation MacArthur

Operation MacArthur
Part of the Vietnam War
Date12 October 1967 - 31 January 1969
Location
Result U.S. operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
Vietnam North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
MG William R. Peers
MG Charles P. Stone
MG Donn R. Pepke
Hoàng Minh Thảo
Nguyễn Hữu An
Chu Phuong Doi
Units involved
United States 4th Infantry Division
United States 173rd Airborne Brigade
1st Division
325C Division
Casualties and losses
United States 955 killed US body count: 5,731 killed
1,299 individual and 194 crew-served

Operation MacArthur (later renamed Operation Binh Tay–MacArthur) was a United States Army military operation in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam from 12 October 1967 to 31 January 1969. The early phases of the operation encompassed the Battle of Dak To from 3 to 23 November 1967.