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Operation Toan Thang I

Operation Toan Thang I
Part of Vietnam War

M113s attack PAVN positions, 18 April 1968
Date8 April - 31 May 1968
Location
III Corps, South Vietnam
Result Allies claim operational success
Belligerents
 South Vietnam
 United States
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Thailand		 Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
South Vietnam LTG Đỗ Cao Trí
United States LTG Frederick C. Weyand
Units involved
South Vietnam 1st Taskforce
5th Ranger Group
5th Division
25th Division
18th Division
United States 25th Infantry Division
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
199th Light Infantry Brigade
Australia 1st Australian Task Force
Thailand Royal Thai Army Expeditionary Division
Thailand 9th Infantry Division		 9th Division
Casualties and losses
South Vietnam 762 killed
United States 564 killed
Others: 23 killed[1]		 US/Allied claim: 7645 killed
1708 captured
3098 weapons recovered[1]: 8 

Operation Toan Thang I ("Complete Victory") was a U.S. Army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 1st Australian Task Force and Royal Thai Volunteer Regiment operation conducted between 8 April and 31 May 1968 in the Vietnam War. The operation was part of a reaction to the Tet Offensive designed to put pressure on Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces in III Corps.

  1. ^ a b "The Defense of Saigon" (PDF). Project CHECO, Pacific Air Force. 14 December 1968. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.