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Operation Quyet Thang

Operation Quyet Thang
Part of the Vietnam War
Date11 March – 7 April 1968
Location
Result South Vietnamese and U.S. operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
LTG Frederick C. Weyand
LTG Lê Nguyên Khang
Unknown
Units involved
2nd and 3rd Brigades, 1st Infantry Division
3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division
2nd and 3rd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division
3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
199th Light Infantry Brigade
Marine Brigade
Airborne Division
7th and 8th Regiments, 5th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
20 battalions
Casualties and losses
Unknown US/South Vietnamese body count: 2,658 killed
427 captured

Operation Quyet Thang (transl. "Resolved to win"), was a United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) security operation to reestablish South Vietnamese control over the areas immediately around Saigon in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. The operation started on 11 March 1968 and ended on 7 April 1968.