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Operation Toan Thang III

Operation Toan Thang III
Part of Vietnam War
Date17 February - 31 October 1969
Location
Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
 North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
United States MG Walter T. Kerwin Jr.
LTG Julian Ewell
South Vietnam LTG Đỗ Cao Trí

Units involved
United States 1st Infantry Division
9th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
1st Cavalry Division
3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
199th Light Infantry Brigade
12th Combat Aviation Group
River Patrol Force (TF-116)
South Vietnam 5th Division
18th Division
25th Division
Airborne Division
1st Division
5th Division
7th Division
9th Division
Casualties and losses
United States 1,533 killed U.S body count: 41,803 killed
3,299 captured

Operation Toan Thang III ("Complete Victory") was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation conducted between 17 February and 31 October 1969 in the Vietnam War. The operation was designed to keep pressure on Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces in III Corps.